1326 ARTICLE 27

An. Code, 1924, sec. 686. 1916, ch. 556, sec. 640.

773. The Board of Correction shall prescribe the character of punish-
ments for violation of prison discipline in the said institutions, which shall
be administered by the direction of the Warden of each of said institutions,
who shall preserve ah accurate record of the character of offense committed
and the nature and amount of punishment inflicted. In the Maryland Peni-
tentiary and in the Maryland House of Correction, no corporal punish-
ment or whipping shall be inflicted except in the presence of a physician
in attendance at the said institution.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 687. 1916, ch. 556, sec; 641.

774. , In each of said institutions, the Warden or other person in charge
shall record or cause to be recorded a description of every person committed
to such institution under sentence of felony, and also the criminal history of
every such person so committed, as full and complete as may be obtainable,
and shall attach thereto as part of said record a photograph or photographs
of such person; and, whenever the said Board of Welfare shall direct, a
like record shall be kept of any person committed for misdemeanor to any
of said institutions.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 688. 1916, ch. 556, sec. 642.

775. For the purposes mentioned in the preceding Section, the State's
Attorney of any County or City, in which any criminal has been convicted
and sentenced to one of said institutions, shall forward to the Warden or
other person in charge of said institution at the request of such Warden or
other person, and upon blanks furnished by him, a criminal history of
such criminal as fully as the same is known or can be ascertained by such
State's Attorney.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 689. 1916, ch. 556, sec. 643.

776... The record herein provided, for shall not be made public, except
as may. be necessary in the identification or trial of persons accused of
crime. The record shall be accessible, however, to any officer of any Court
haying criminal jurisdiction in this State, upon the order of the Judge of
said Court, or of the State's Attorney, which said order shall be attested
by the seal of the Court. Whenever, in the trial of any criminal case, the
fact of previous conviction of any person for any crime may be admissible,
any such record shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving
the fact of such conviction and the crime for which such person was
convicted.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 690. 1916, ch. 556, sec. 644.

777. A. copy of such record shall be furnished, upon request, to any
warden or other officer in charge of a prison for felons in any other State
of the United States; provided that such State has made reciprocal pro-
visions by law for furnishing records of its convicted criminals to the
authorities of other States.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 691. 1916, ch. 556, see. 645.

778. The warden or other person, in charge of said institutions shall
furnish a copy of any such record kept in said institution, to any police