1098 ARTICLE 27.

under such guard or guards as the Sheriff shall determine to be necessary,
and as soon thereafter as possible, said convict shall be, by the said Sheriff
delivered to the Warden of the Maryland Penitentiary, where he shall be
placed in solitary confinement under such guard or guards as might be neces-
sary, to await the execution of his sentence by the said Warden as aforesaid.
All expenses of transportation of said convict to the Maryland Penitentiary,
a fee of twenty-five dollars to the spiritual advisor of said convict, the per
diem of a day and night guard over said convict while in confinement, and
a fee of twenty-five dollars to the doctor in attendance at said hanging, shall
be paid upon a certificate being presented by the Warden aforesaid, after
the execution has taken place, containing an itemized statement of said
expense, by the order of the County Commissioners of the county where
said convict was indicted, or of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
if indicted in Baltimore City, and it shall be the duty of said County Com-
missioners or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, as the case might be,
to order the immediate payment of said bill.

1922, ch. 465, sec. 7.

411. Should the condemned felon, while in the custody of the Warden
of the Maryland Penitentiary or the Sheriff of the county or city where he
was indicted, be granted a reprieve by the Governor or should the execution
of the sentence be stayed by any competent judicial proceeding, notice of
such reprieve or stay of execution shall be served upon the said Warden
or Sheriff, as well as upon the condemned felon, and the said Warden or
Sheriff shall yield obedience to the same, and said felon shall remain in the
custody of said Warden or Sheriff where he happens to be at the time of
that notice. In any subsequent proceeding the mandate of the Court having
regard to the condemned felon, shall be served upon the Warden or Sheriff,
then having said felon in custody, as well as the. said felon. Should the said
felon be resenteiiced by the Court, then the proceedings shall be as herein-
before provided under the original sentence. Should a new trial be granted
such condemned felon after he has been conveyed to the Penitentiary, then
he shall be conveyed back to the place of trial by such guard or guards as
the Warden may direct, their expenses to be paid as is now provided by law
for the conveyance of convicts to the House of Correction.

1922, ch. 465, sec. 8.

412. Upon application of the relatives of the person convicted, the body
after execution shall be returned to their address and at their cost, other-
wise burial shall be provided for as said Warden shall arrange and deter-
mine. From the time of such delivery until the infliction of the punishment
of death upon him, unless he shall be lawfully discharged from such sen-
tence, the person so sentenced shall be kept in solitary confinement, and no
person shall be allowed access to him without an order of some court of
competent jurisdiction, except the officers of the prison, his counsel, his
physician, a priest or minister of religion, if he shall desire one, and the
members of his family.