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228 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. XXVII
statements and reports required to be made in this and the preceding
section shall be duly sworn to by a member of the State Board of Prison
Control, and the Governor shall communicate such statements and
reports to the Legislature with such recommendations as he may think
expedient.
1916, ch. 556, sec. 653.
653. The warden of each of said institutions shall, within twenty
days after the first of October in each year, make to the said State
Board of Prison Control a statement and report of the affairs of their
respective institutions setting out the matters and facts required in the
next preceding Section in so far as said matters and facts may relate
to the affairs of the institution of which he is warden, and the state-
ment and report required to be made in this Section shall be duly sworn
to by the warden and clerk of the institution concerning which said
statement and report may be made.
1916, ch. 556, sec. 654. 1918, ch. 196, sec. 654.
654. When any person is convicted, before any Circuit Court of
any County, or the Criminal Court of Baltimore, of any crime, com-
mitted after this Act takes effect, and punishable by any imprisonment
whatsoever or by fine and imprisonment (other than imprisonment in
default of fine), said Court may, in its discretion, sentence such person
to imprisonment in jail or in the Maryland House of Correction or in
the Maryland Penitentiary. The term of such imprisonment in any of
said institutions shall be in the discretion of the Court, unless a maxi-
mum term of imprisonment is prescribed by law, in which event the
imprisonment imposed shall not exceed the maximum so fixed. Pro-
vided, however, that no sentence to the Penitentiary or House of Cor-
rection shall be for less than three months; except that any sentence
under section 414 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title "Railroads—Obstructing"
may be imposed in accordance with the provisions of said section 414.
Wherever the State Board of Prison Control shall determine that prison
discipline will be furthered by transferring from the Maryland House
of Correction to the Maryland Penitentiary or from the Maryland
Penitentiary to Maryland House of Correction any person sentenced to
either of said institutions for a crime committed after this Act takes
effect and shall issue its warrant to the Wardens of said Institution
directing such transfer then the said sentence of the Court shall operate
to authorize such transfer by virtue hereof. All persons now confined
in the Maryland Penitentiary may be transferred to the Maryland
House of Correction by the State Board of Prison Control upon the
issuance of its warrant as above provided.
It is expressly provided, however, that nothing in this section shall
be construed to add to, alter or change the class of crimes, as they
existed before this Act takes effect, with respect to the right of chal-
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