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and other expense which the said Board may certify to have been incurred
by him in the discharge of his official duties; and the said reimbursements
shall be made by the said Board out of any funds in the hands of said
Board, or by the State Treasurer, upon warrant of the Comptroller, of the
Treasury, out of the funds appropriated therefor.¹

An. Code, 1924, sec. 703. 1924, ch. 362.

791. It shall be the duty of the Director of Correction to cause an inspec-
tion to be made of the several county jails of the State of Maryland as often
as he may deem proper, but not less than once in each and every year, and
the said Director shall report concerning such inspections to the Board of
Correction and a copy of said report shall be sent the County Commissioners
of the respective counties, and the sheriffs, wardens or other persons charged
with the duty of keeping said jails shall allow such inspection to be made
at any time by the Director or his duly authorized representative.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 705. 1922, ch. 29, sec. 6 (p. 62). 1924, ch. 283, sec. 6.

792. The Director of Correction shall be entitled to and shall receive the
advice, counsel and assistance of the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene and
of the Board of Mental Hygiene, or any member thereof, in the perform-
ance of any of his duties and the said Director of Correction is hereby
authorized and directed to call a joint meeting of the Board of Correction
and the Board of Mental Hygiene as often as he may deem proper for the
purpose of promoting the general efficiency of all institutions, constituting
a part of the Department of Correction.

Penal Institutions—Pensions.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 706. 1924, ch. 408, sec. 658. 1937, ch. 219, sec. 706.

793. Whenever any employee of the Board of Correction or of any
institution under the control or management of the Board of Correction
shall have given meritorious service as such employee for a period of twenty
years, of which the last ten years shall have been continuous, or who shall
have become permanently disabled and unfitted for active duty due to
injury received in such employment arising out of and in the course of his
or her employment, he or she, as the case may be, shall, in the discretion
of the Board of Correction, be eligible for retirement and may thereupon
make application to the Board of Correction to be retired; whereupon it
shall be the duty of the Director of Correction to make a prompt and im-
partial investigation (and upon request of the applicant to give him or her
a hearing) as to the merits of such application, and thereafter, if the Board
of Correction shall find the said applicant to be eligible for retirement under
the terms of this sub-title, it shall have power, in its discretion, to retire
such applicant, and thereafter to pay him or her, during his or her natural
life, a monthly salary not to exceed one-half the average monthly salary
received by such employee during the year immediately preceding the grant-
ing of his or her application for retirement.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 707. 1924, ch. 408, sec. 659. 1937, ch. 219, sec. 707.

794. Whenever any employee of the Board of Correction or of any
institution under the control or management of the Board of Correction

¹ Sec. 3 of act of 1916, ch. 556, provides for repeal of all public general laws and public
local laws or parts thereof inconsistent with said act.