ART. 27.] STATE PENITENTIARY—DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 587

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 73, sec. 10. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 7.

398. The directors shall receive two dollars each for every
day they may necessarily attend in the discharge of their duties-
as directors, or in the capacity of monthly committee, as herein-
after provided; but when they attend in both capacities on the
same day, they shall not receive more than one day's pay.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 8.

399. The book-keeper shall keep a record of the attendance
of said directors, as directors, and as members of the monthly
committee, and they shall be paid for their services according to
the entries in said record.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1831, ch. 285. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 22. 1845, ch. 101, sec. 4.

400. The name and corporate style of the institution shall be
" The directors of the Maryland penitentiary," and by that name
the said directors shall have power to institute any suit or suits
for any sums of money due the institution, for any injury done
to the property or effects of the institution, or for the breach of
any contract made with the said directors in their official capacity,
or on the official bonds of any officer who shall commit a breach
thereof, and to prosecute said suits to judgment and execution.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1845, ch. 101, sec. 4.

401. All deeds for the sale of real or leasehold estate held by
the institution, shall be signed by the president of the board, or
any three of the directors appointed for the purpose, at a meet-
ing of the board.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 9.

402. The directors, warden, and all other officers of the said
penitentiary, shall perform and discharge the duties that may be
assigned to them respectively by this sub-title of this article, or
by the rules and regulations of the board of directors, not incon-
sistent with the provisions of law or the rules and regulations-
hereinafter established; and if any of them wilfully omits or
refuses to discharge any duty appertaining to his office, after
having accepted the said appointment, he shall be dismissed from
office, and be subject to a fine of not less than thirty nor more
than five hundred dollars, to be recovered at the instance of the