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removal; and in the event of the office becoming vacant by
removal, death, or resignation, the directors shall make a new
appointment for the unexpired term of the late incumbent.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 73, sec 4. 1837, ch. 820, sec. 11.

392. Before entering upon the duties of their office, the

directors shall each take an oath that he will well and faithfully
execute and perform the duties appertaining to his office,
according to the laws of this State, and the rules and regulations
adopted for the government of the Maryland penitentiary, and
that he will not, during his connection with said penitentiaiy, sell
to or buy from the said institution or its authorities, directly or
indirectly, any article or thing whatever; and any director
swearing falsely in the premises, and being convicted thereof in
due course of law, shall suffer as in cases of wilful and corrupt
perjury; and any director who shall act in his office before taking

said oath, shall, upon conviction thereof in the criminal court of
Baltimore, forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars, to
and for the use of the said penitentiary, to be recovered in the
name of the State.

Ibid, sec 5. 1837, ch 320, sec. 4. 1838, ch. 400, sec. 1.

393. The board of directors shall annually appoint an assist-
ant warden, a book-keeper, physician and matron, and as many
superintendents, deputy keepers, guards or other officers, as they
may deem necessary for the service of the institution, and shall
also regulate and determine their respective salaries and duties as
far as may be consistent with law, or the rules hereinafter
established, and shall prescribe the oaths to be taken by all the
officers, or other persons officially connected with the institution,
before entering upon their respective duties.

Ibid, sec 6. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 11.

394. If any officer employed in said penitentiary shall, in
taking the oath prescribed by said directors, swear falsely, he
shall, upon conviction thereof in due course of law, suffer as in
cases of wilful and corrupt perjury; and any officer who shall act
in his office before taking said oath and filing bond as required,
shall, upon conviction thereof in the criminal court of Baltimore,