ART. 27.] STATE PENITENTIARY—CONVICTS. 593

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 73. sec 38. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

426. In no cases shall offences against order and discipline be
overlooked, but shall be promptly punished.

Ibid. sec. 39. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

427. Convicts shall be allowed the means of communicating,
in writing, to the board, who shall inquire into their complaints,
and give proper attention to the subject matter of their
addresses.

Ibid. sec. 40. 1837, ch. 321, sec. 25.

428. Good conduct and industry shall be encouraged by
favorable reports to the board; but in no case shall any hope of
pardon or favor be held out to them.

1876, ch. 172.

429. All prisoners who have been or shall hereafter be
convicted of any offence against the laws of this State, and
confined in the execution of the judgment or sentence, upon such
conviction, in the State penitentiary, shall have a deduction from
their several terms of sentence, of five days for each and every
calendar month during which no charge of misconduct shall have
been sustained against each, severally, who shall be discharged at
the expiration of his term of sentence less the time so deducted ;
and a certificate of the warden of the penitentiary, of such
deduction, shall be entered on the warrant of commitment;
provided, that if during the term of imprisonment the prisoner
shall commit any act of insubordination against the prison author-
ities, the warden and board of directors of the penitentiary may,
at their discretion, annul such deductions; and further provided,
that should the prisoner commit any offence for which he shall
be convicted by a jury, all deductions theretofore made shall be
thereby annulled.

Ibid. sec. 41. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

430. The men and women shall always be kept separate; the
former to be locked at night separate in the east wing, and the
latter to be kept as much as possible from each other, in their
proper department.
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