ART. 27] PENITENTIARY. 507

1904, art 27, sec. 572. 1888, art. 27, sec. 413. 1860, art. 73, sec. 25.
1845, ch. 83, sec. 3.

648. The directors may allow female convicts to bring with them
into the penitentiary their infant children; and the directors shall have
the power to bind such children as apprentices, as directed in this code
in relation to other apprentices.

Ibid. sec. 573. 1888, art. 27, sec. 414. 1860, art. 73, sec. 26.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 28.

649. No person having any connection with the penitentiary shall
receive from any convict therein, either by devise or otherwise, any
property, real, personal or mixed; and any property so devised or
bequeathed shall, notwithstanding such devise or bequest, be divided
among the legal heirs or distributees of such convict, according to the
laws of this State.

Ibid. sec. 574. 1888, art. 27, sec. 415. i860, art 73, sec. 27. 1831, ch. 208,
sec. 7. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 23.

650. Any money, bank notes or chattel property employed, used or
attempted to be used or introduced within or about the buildings, yards
or enclosure of the said penitentiary, for the purpose of rescuing or
procuring the release of any convict confined in the said penitentiary,
shall be forfeited thereby to the use of the State, and the directors shall
take possession thereof and appropriate the same, by sale or otherwise,
to the use of the penitentiary; and they may prosecute, in the name
of the State, any suit that may be necessary for the recovery or for-
feiture thereof.

Ibid. sec. 575. 1888, art. 27, sec. 416. 1860, art. 73, sec. 28.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

651. The following rules and regulations shall be observed at the
said penitentiary, and the same may be altered or modified, and new
ones adopted, as hereinafter provided.

Clerk.

Ibid. sec. 576. 1888, art. 27, sec. 417. 1860, art. 73, sec. 29.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

652. It shall be the duty of the clerk to keep the books of accounts,
and of all the transactions of the institution, and record the minutes
of the proceedings of the board of directors.

Ibid. sec. 577. 1888, art. 27, sec. 418. 1860, art 73, sec. 30.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

653. He shall present at the monthly meeting of the board a sum-
mary account of all the transactions of the institution, showing the
amount of active capital, cash and bills receivable and payable, the
checks drawn and for what purpose, all monies paid on what account,
which shall be examined and countersigned by the warden.