ART. 27.] STATE PENITENTIARY—WARDEN. 601

P. Q. L., (1860,) art. 73, sec. 87 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25. 1841, ch 215, sec. 2.

1868, ch. 97.

476. The warden shall have the superintendence of the
financial and manufacturing operations of the institution, and it
shall be his special duty to see that the clerk shall make regular

and proper entries of the receipts and disbursements thereof.

Ibid. sec. 88. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25. 1841, ch. 215, sec. 2.

477. He shall weekly examine the cash and credit transactions
of the house; furnish the directors, at their monthly meetings,
with a statement of the month's operations, with the proper
vouchers, who shall approve or reject said accounts, and if
necessary inquire into the subject matter.

Ibid. sec. 89. 1837, ch 320, sec. 25.

478. He shall report to the board of directors any misconduct
of any officer of the house in reference to its commercial,
financial or manufacturing affairs; and in his receipts and
disbursements he shall observe the following directions, namely:
each note shall be -endorsed by the clerk, and also by the warden,
in countersign, before the same may be negotiated; the warden,
at the time of such endorsement shall see that each note is prop-
erly entered in the bill book, and then note in a column prepared
for the purpose, or otherwise, the act of endorsement. The clerk
shall pay all debts due by the institution under check of the

warden, as follows: Such checks to be filled up in the handwriting
of the clerk, and signed by him, to be countersigned by the

warden; and further, the party making the countersign to affix
in each case a like signature to the margin of the check book

corresponding with check countersigned. Notes payable to be
countersigned in the same manner, and so also as to the margin
of the note book; but drafts from creditors of the institution, in
lieu of being drawn upon the clerk, and accepted by him alone,
to be drawn upon the Maryland penitentiary, and accepted by
the clerk and warden conjointly; notes and drafts to be entered
in the bill book under the same regulations as that above sug-
gested for the entry of notes receivable.