934 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

of correction for a period not less than two months nor more
than six months; and on a second or subsequent commitment
of the same person for any of the said causes, he or she, in the
discretion of the justice, may be sentenced to double the term
of the first commitment; provided, that any person that may
be brought before a justice of the peace as herein mentioned
shall have a right to appeal to the circuit court for the county,
or, if in the city of Baltimore, to the criminal court of said
city, where the same shall be tried as other crimes and misde-
meanors. This section not to apply to Frederick county.

1888, art. 27, sec. 315. 1874, ch. 233, sec. 11. 1878, ch. 415. 1884, ch. 513.

471. Every person committed or sentenced to said house of
correction shall be kept at some useful employment, or hired
out for such useful employment as may be best suited to his or
her age, and most profitable to the institution; and if the
person shall refuse to perform the work assigned to him or her,
or be guilty of acts of insubordination or misconduct, such
person shall be punished in such manner as the regulations
prescribed by said board of managers shall provide; and a
record shall be, kept of every punishment inflicted and the
cause thereof, in a book which shall be kept at the institution,
and shall always be laid before the said board of managers at
its meetings; and it shall be the duty of the board to exercise
a careful supervision and control over the punishments inflicted.

Ibid. sec. 316. 1874, ch. 233, sec. 12.

472. Any person committed to said house of correction by
a justice of the peace may apply for a writ of habeas corpus to
any judge of any court of record; and upon return thereof,
such judge, if he shall deem that there is sufficient ground for
so doing, shall hear the evidence offered and either discharge
the applicant or modify or confirm the commitment.

Ibid, sec 317. 1874, ch. 233, sec. 13.

473. The board of managers shall, in their discretion and
with reference to the uniform good conduct therein of the per-
sons committed or sentenced to said institution, allot and pay
over to such persons, at the time of their release, a portion of
the earnings of their labor.