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deem proper to any person or persons who are dependent upon said prisoner,
if found to be in need by the said Board, and hold the balance of such
payments to the credit of the prisoner. The Board may make such rules and
regulations with respect to the disbursement of said payments as may be
necessary or proper.

An. Code, sec. 629F. 1917, ch. 15, sec. 629F.

671. All prisoners working upon said State farm under sections 666
to 675, shall be entitled to the same deductions or allowances for good
behavior, observance of discipline and rules and for diligent, and faithful
labor, and shall be subject to the same forfeitures or punishments for the
lack or violation thereof, as such prisoners are now entitled to or are subject
to under the laws of this State; and in addition to such forfeitures or pun-
ishments any prisoner employed on said State farm who escapes or attempts
to escape shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be confined for an
additional term, in the discretion of the court, not exceeding one-half of the
entire term for which such prisoner had been sentenced prior to his or
her escape or attempted escape; or such prisoner shall in the' discretion of
the Court, be subject to any penalties which may be by law provided for
prisoners escaping or attempting to escape from the institution to which
he or she had previously been committed.

An. Code, sec. 629G. 1917, ch. 15, sec. 629G.

672. The Board of Welfare is authorized from time to time to make all
purchases and to do all things which may be necessary and proper to main-
tain a State farm as aforesaid, provided the same be established, and shall
have power to sell and dispose of all the products of such farm at such prices
and on such terms as said Board may deem proper.

An. Code, sec. 629H. 1917, ch. 15, sec. 629H.

673. All expenses and disbursements authorized by sections 666 to 675,
shall be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury available therefor and not
otherwise appropriated, or out of any moneys appropriated for such pur-
poses ; in the latter event, such payments to be made, from time to time, on
the order of the Executive Committee of the Maryland Council of Defense,
by and with, the sanction and approval of the Governor, such orders to be
directed to the Comptroller, who shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer
for the amount thereof as in law provided.

An. Code, sec. 629I. 1917, ch. 15, sec. 629I.

674. All laws or parts of law which require any permits or impose
any restrictions or conditions of any kind upon the establishment or main-
tenance of farms for prison labor in any county or counties of this State,
are hereby repealed to the extent that the same apply or could be con-
strued to apply to the farm for prison labor authorized bv sections 666 to
675.