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The Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, 1914
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ART. 27] PENITENTIARY. 503

their respective duties; and shall take from them respectively the
bond required by the preceding section.

1904, art. 27, sec. 556. 1888, art. 27, sec. 397. 1860, art. 73, sec. 9. 1837, ch. 320

sec. 5. 1868, ch. 97. 1878, ch. 74. 1894, ch. 148. 1904, ch. 469.

1908, ch. 237. 1912, ch. 96. 1914, ch. 133.

631. The warden shall receive a salary at the rate of three thousand
dollars per year and allowance of subsistence, fuel and occupancy as a
dwelling of such parts of the front buildings as are not used for prison
purposes, also all necessary outhouses, yards and grounds not within the
walls of the prison proper, but shall receive no other compensation or
perquisite.*

This section referred to in deciding that an action of ejectment might be
brought against the warden of the penitentiary, he being in actual personal
occupancy of the premises. Weyler v. Gibson, 110 Md. 655 (decided prior
to the act of 1914, ch. 133).
As to the warden, see section 703, et seq.

1912, ch. 96.

632. On account of the long, faithful and efficient service of John
E. Weyler, the present Warden of the Maryland Penitentiary, the board
of directors of said Maryland Penitentiary are authorized and empow-
ered in their discretion to appoint annually the said John F. Weyler
as Warden Emeritus of the Maryland Penitentiary, at the annual salary
of three thousand dollars, payable monthly. It shall be the duty of
said Warden Emeritus, under the supervision and control of the said
board of directors, to perform such services and give such counsel and
advice to the said board of directors and to the Warden of the Mary-
land Penitentiary as the said board of directors may require or direct.

1904, art. 27, sec. 557. 1888, art. 27, sec. 398. 1860, art. 73, sec. 10.
1837, ch; 320, sec. 7.

633. The directors shall receive two dollars each for every day they
may necessarily attend in the discharge of their duties as directors, or
in the capacity of monthly committee, as hereinafter provided; but
when they attend in both capacities on the same day they shall not
receive more than one day's pay.

Ibid. sec. 558. 1888, art. 27, sec. 399. 1860, art. 73, sec. 11.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 8.

634. The bookkeeper shall keep a record of the attendance of said
directors, as directors, and as members of the monthly committee, and
they shall be paid for their services according to the entries in said
record.

Ibid. sec. 559. 1888, art. 27; sec. 400. 1860, art. 73, sec. 12. 1831, ch. 285.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 22. 1845, ch. 101, sec. 4.

635. The name and corporate style of the institution shall be
*The Directors of the Maryland Penitentiary," and by that name the

*The act of 1914, ch. 133, went into effect May 1, 1914.

 

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