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said directors shall have power to institute any suit or suits for any
sums of money due the institution, for any injury done to the property
or effects of the institution, or for the breach of any contract made
with the said directors in their official capacity, or on the official bonds
of any officer who shall commit a breach thereof, and to prosecute said
suits to judgment and execution.

1904, art. 27, sec. 560. 1888, art. 27, sec. 401. 1860, art. 73, sec. 13.
1845, ch. 101, sec. 4.

636. All deeds for the sale of real or leasehold estate held by the
institution shall be signed by the president of the board, or any" three
of the directors appointed for the purpose, at a meeting of the board.

Ibid. sec. 561. 1888, art. 27, sec. 402. 1860, art. 73, sec. 14.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 9.

637. The directors, warden, and all other officers of the said peni-
tentiary shall perform and discharge the duties that may be assigned
to them respectively by this sub-title of this article, or by the rules
and regulation's of the board of directors, not inconsistent with the
provisions of law or the rules and regulations hereinafter established;
and if any of them wilfully omits or refuses to discharge any duty
appertaining to his office, after having accepted the said appointment,
he shall be dismissed from office, and be subject to a fine of not less
than thirty nor more than five hundred dollars, to be recovered at the
instance of the said directors, in the name of the State, for the use of
the said penitentiary, before any justice of the peace or court having
jurisdiction, as debts are collected.

Ibid. sec. 562. 1888, art. 27, sec. 403. 1860, art 73, sec. 15. 1837, ch. 320,
sec. 12. 1845, ch. 83, sec. 2.

638. No person having any official connection with the said insti-
tution shall be directly or indirectly concerned or interested in any
contract, purchase or sale of anything for, by or on account of the said
prison, nor shall he sell to or purchase from the said prison, or its
authorities, any article whatever; and any person so offending shall
be immediately dismissed from his employment, and on conviction
be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars, to be recovered as other
fines are; and the said directors and other officers are hereby required
to make report to the board of directors of all such offenses coming
to their knowledge, and a failure or neglect shall be considered as a
breach of duty, and punishable under the preceding section; but the
directors may authorize the payment, in whole or in part, of the sala-
ries and dues of the several officers and others officially connected with
the institution, in the goods, work or manufactures of the penitentiary.

Ibid. sec. 563. 1888, art. 27, sec. 404. 1860, art. 73, sec. 16. 1832, ch. 209.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 24. 1868, ch. 97.

639. The directors shall have the control and management of the
financial affairs of the institution, and no bill against the same shall be