480 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [AKT. 27

1904, art. 27, sec. 472. 1888, art. 27, sec. 316. 1874, ch. 233, sec. 12,

535. Any person committed to said House of Correction by a jus-
tice of the peace may apply for a writ of habeas corpus to any judge
of any court of record; and upon return thereof, such judge, if he shall
deem that there is sufficient ground for so doing, shall hear the evidence
offered and either discharge the applicant or modify or confirm the com-
mitment.

Ibid. sec. 473. 1888, art. 27, sec. 317. 1874, ch. 233, sec. 13.

536. The board of managers shall, in their discretion and with
reference to the uniform good conduct therein of the persons committed
or sentenced to said institution, allot and pay over to such persons, at
the time of their release, a portion of the earnings of their labor.

Ibid. sec. 474. 1888, art. 27, sec. 318. 1874, ch. 233, sec. 14.

537. In order to further promote good behavior, and tend to refor-
mation, the said board of managers shall provide in their rules and reg-
ulations for a correct daily record of the conduct of each of the persons
confined in said House of Correction and their fidelity and diligence in
the performance of their work; and each prisoner shall be entitled to a
diminution of the period of his or her confinement under the follow-
ing rules and regulations:

First. For each calendar month, commencing on the first day of the
month next after his or her arrival at the institution, during which he
or she shall not be guilty of a violation of the discipline or any of the
rules thereof, and shall labor with diligence and fidelity, he or she shall
be allowed a deduction of five days from each month of the period of
his or her commitment or sentence.

Second. For each and every violation of the rules and discipline of
the institution or want of fidelity or care in the performance of work,
the person therein confined shall not only forfeit all gained time in the
month in which such delinquency occurs, but, according to the aggra-
vated nature or frequency of his or her offense, the board may deduct
a portion or all of his or her gained time.

Ibid. sec. 475. 1888, art. 27, sec. 319. 1878, ch. 358, sec. 1.

538. The said board of managers are authorized and directed to
hire to the Maryland Canal Company, upon such terms as may be
agreed upon by and between the said board of managers and said Canal
Company, such able bodied male convicts under sentence to said House
of Correction as may from time to time be "applied for by said Mary-
land Canal Company; which said convicts, whilst so hired out to said
canal company, it shall be the duty of the said managers of the house
of Correction to clothe, feed and guard in all respects, so far as prac-
ticable, as if they were engaged at work within said House of Correc-
tion; and in payment of the compensation which may be agreed on by
and between said Maryland Canal Company and the said managers of