ART. 4.] JAIL. 453

or other lawful authority, shall be kept by the visitors of said jail
at hard labor in some useful employment. The said visitors of
the jail shall frame such regulations as shall be necessary to the
industry, quiet and discipline of such persons, and shall have
them kept separate from persons in confinement awaiting trial, or
for other causes.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 578.

545. They shall also require all vagrants confined in said jail
to work and labor ab out the premises.

Ibid. sec. 579.

546. They may, with their consent, employ other persons con
fined therein in such work and labor in and about the premises
as may be consistent with their safe keeping, and shall, keep an
account of the earnings of such persons, and shall, upon their
discharge, allow them two-thirds of the net proceeds thereof, to
be ascertained by the visitors.

Ibid. sec. 680.

547. They shall keep regular books of accounts, in which the
whole expenses of the jail, whether for supplies, salaries of
officers, repairs or incidentals, shall be distinctly stated.

Ibid. sec. 581.

548. They shall appoint a fit person as warden of the jail of
Baltimore city, who shall take charge of the prison and prisoners
therein, and exercise during his continuance in office the same
powers and be subject to the same penalties and forfeitures, and
be responsible for escapes, in the same manner and to the same
extent as the sheriffs of the respective counties, and shall perform
such other duties as shall be required of him by said visitors.

Ibid. sec. 582.

549. He shall be entitled to collect and receive in his own
name, but for the use of the visitors, all jail fees; and in case of
dispute between the warden and any prisoner, or the master of
any apprentice, in relation to the amount of fees demanded by