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P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 580. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 54/7.

125. The said Visitors shall keep regular books of accounts, in which
the whole expenses of the jail, whether for supplies, salaries of officers, re-
pairs or incidentals, shall be distinctly stated.

WARDEN OF JAIL.:

1826, ch. 224. 1831, ch. 58. P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 581. P. L. L. (1888)

Art. 4, sec. 548.

126. The said Visitors shall appoint a fit person as Warden of the Bal-
timore City Jail. They shall allow the said Warden and his assistants
and other employees and servants such compensation as in their judgment
is proper, not to exceed in the aggregate the amount appropriated by ordi-
nance. The said Visitors shall at their will and pleasure remove the said
Warden.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 581. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 548.

127. It shall be the duty of the Warden of the Baltimore City Jail to
take charge of the prison and prisoners therein, and exercise, during his
continuance in office, the same powers, and be subject to the same for-
feitures, and be responsible for escapes in the same manner, and to the
same extent, as sheriffs of the respective counties, and he shall perform such
other duties as shall be required of him by said Visitors.

1826, ch. 224. 3831, ch. 58. P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 583. P. L. L. (1888),

Art. 4, sec. 550.

128. The said Warden, before he enters upon the duties of his office
shall give bond to the State with good security to be approved by the
Visitors, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faith-
ful performance of his duty as Warden, and for the safe-keeping of all
such persons as shall be committed by legal authority to the Baltimore
"City Jail, which bond shall be filed with the Comptroller.

1831, ch. 58. P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 584. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 551.

129. The said Warden shall also take and subscribe an oath that he
will duly and faithfully execute the duties and trusts, and exercise the
powers committed to and vested in him as Warden of the Baltimore Citv
Jail.

1826, ch. 224. P. L. L, (1860), Art. 4, sec, 585. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 552.

130. The Visitors shall prescribe the number and duties of the assist-
ants who may be necessary to be employed by said Warden, but the War-
den shall have the appointment and removal of such assistants, subject to
the approval of the Visitors, and shall fix their compensation, not to exceed
in the aggregate the amount appropriated by ordinance.

1826, ch. 224. P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 586. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 553.
131. All commitments of prisoners to the Baltimore City Jail shall be
directed to the Warden of said jail, whose duty it shall be to receive the
prisoners from the officers having them in charge.