BALTIMORE CITY. 963

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 47. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 44.

116. The Supervisors shall require the said Purveyor to give bond and
security to be approved by them, and in such penalty as they shall direct,
conditioned for the faithful performance of the trusts reposed in him, and
upon failure to comply with the conditions thereof, they may direct said
bonds to be put in suit, and any sum of money recovered in such suits
shall be applied to the use of said Almshouse.

1898, ch. 123.

117. None of the foregoing provisions in Sections 104 to 116, inclu-
sive, shall apply to offenders, juvenile or adult, except as specifically set
forth therein.

VISITORS OF THE JAIL.

1826, ch. 224. 1831, ch. 58. 1868, ch. 3. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 535. 1914, ch. 343.

118. The Visitors of the Jail shall be the second sub-department of
Charities and Corrections, and the head of this sub-department shall be a
board consisting of nine persons, appointed by the Mayor in the manner
prescribed in section 25 of this Charter, who shall hold their offices as
therein provided. They shall serve without pay. One of their number
shall be designated by the Mayor, who shall be President of said Visitors,
and the said Visitors shall elect from their number a Secretary. The
Visitors to the Jail shall have charge and control, supervision and regu-
lation of the Baltimore City Jail and all reformatory, criminal and penal
institutions belonging to the city. The Visitors to the Jail shall have
the power to pass rules and regulations for their own government and
for the government of the Baltimore City Jail and the aforesaid institu-
tions belonging to the city, not inconsistent with this Charter, and shall
perform such other duties as may be required of them by ordinances not
inconsistent with this Charter.

Field v. Malster, 88 Md. 691. Beasley v. Ridout, 94 Md. 675. (This case con-
strues Acts of Assembly relating to Visitors of the Jail.)

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 574. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 541.

119. The said Visitors shall meet on the first Tuesday of every month
or at such other times as they may direct; special meetings may be called
at any time by the President, or any two members, on giving three days'
notice in writing to the members.

1831, ch. 58. P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 575. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 542.

120. The said Visitors shall have full power and authority, as often
as they may deem it necessary, to visit the jail and the prisoners confined
therein; to make by-laws for the internal police and good government
thereof, and for the preservation of the buildings and other property.

1898, ch. 412.

120A. Whenever the Board of Visitors of the Baltimore City Jail may
deem it necessary, they shall have full power to summon the State Lunacy