ART. 27.] STATE PENITENTIARY—CLERK. 591

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 73, sec. 25. 1845, ch. 83, sec 3.

413. The directors may allow female convicts to bring with
them into the penitentiary their infant children; and the directors
shall have the power to bind such chlldren as apprentices, as
directed in this code in relation to other apprentices.

Ibid. sec. 26. 1887, ch. 320, aec. 28.

414. No person having any connection with the Maryland
penitentiary shall receive from any convict therein, either by
devise or otherwise, any property, real, personal or mixed; and
any property so devised or bequeathed, shall, notwithstanding
such devise or bequest, be divided among the legal heirs or dis-
tributees of such convict, according to the laws of this State.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1881, ch. 208, sec. 7. 1837, ch 820, sec. 23.

415. Any money, bank notes or chattel property employed,
used or attempted to be used or introduced within or about the
buildings, yards or enclosure of the said penitentiary, for the pur-
pose of rescuing or procuring the release of any convict confined
in the said penitentiary, shall be forfeited thereby to the use of
the State, and the directors shall take possession thereof and ap-
propriate the same, by sale or otherwise, to the use of the peni-
tentiary ; and they may prosecute, in the name of the State, any
suit that may be necessary for the recovery or forfeiture thereof.

Ibid. sec. 28. 1837, ch. 820, sec. 25

416. The following rules and regulations shall be observed at
the said penitentiary, and the same may be altered or modified,
and new ones adopted, as hereinafter provided.

Clerk.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 73, sec. 29. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

417. It shall be the duty of the clerk to keep the books of
accounts, and of all the transactions of the institution, and record
the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors.

Ibid. sec. 80. 1837, ch. 320, sec 25.

418. He shall present at the monthly meeting of the board a
summary account of all the transactions of the institution, show-