868 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 596]

General Assembly the results of the investigations and the
conclusions of the commission with recommendations of legis-
lation that will adequately protect the people of the State
from crime and at the same time work for the "punishment
and correction of the persons convicted; therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Asesmbly of Mary-
land, That a commission by the name of the Penal System Com-
mission be and the same is hereby created consisting of eleven
members, as follows: One member of the Senate, to be appointed
by the president thereof; one member of the House of Dele-
gates, to be appointed by the speaker thereof; two members to
be appointed at large by the Governor, and the following mem-
bers to be appointed by the Governor, one member of the board
of directors of the State Penitentiary, one member of the
Visitors of the Baltimore City Jail, one member of the board of
managers of the Maryland House of Correction, one member
of the Federation of Labor of Maryland, one member of the
Faculty of Johns Hopkins University, one member of the Medi-
cal and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, one member of the
Prisoners' Aid Association of Maryland. The Governor shall
designate one of the members of the commission as chairman
thereof and the commission shall elect such other officers as it
may deem necessary. The Governor shall fill all vacancies in
the commission and shall appoint to a vacancy a representa-
tive of the body, institution or organization whose representa-
tive caused the vacancy, was caused by the death or resigna-
tion of one of the two members appointed at large by the
Governor then the Governor, shall fill such vacancy by an
appointment at large.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the commission may 'appoint
and employ a secretary and such other clerks as it may deem
necessary.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said commission be and
it is hereby directed to investigate the penal laws and penal
system of the State, and it is hereby empowered to enter and
fully investigate and inquire into the management and conduct
of every institution in the State of Maryland wherein any per-
son may be held or sentenced to confinement for violation of
any law of the State, and it is further empowered to examine
all books and other records of any such institution, and it shall
be the duty of every official and employee of every such institu-
tion to testify before and give full information to said commis-
sion relative to any matter it may inquire into.