956 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

successor shall be chosen. He may be removed from office at
any stated or special meeting of the board whenever in the
judgment of the directors the public interest may require such
removal, and in the event of the office becoming vacant by
removal, death or resignation the directors shall make a new
appointment for the unexpired term of the late incumbent.

1888, art. 27, sec. 392. 1860, art. 73, sec. 4. 1837, ch 320, sec. 11.

551. Before entering upon the duties of their office the
directors shall each take an oath that he will well and faith-
fully execute and perform the duties appertaining to his office
according to the laws of this State and the rules and regula-
tions adopted for the government of the penitentiary, and that
he will not during his connection with said penitentiary sell to
or buy from the said institution or its authorities, directly or
indirectly, any article or thing whatever, and any director
swearing falsely in the premises and being convicted thereof in
due course of law shall suffer as in cases of wilful and corrupt
perjury; and any director who shall act in his office before
taking said oath shall upon conviction thereof in the criminal
court of Baltimore forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred
dollars to and for the use of the said penitentiary, to be recov-
ered in the name of the State.

Ibid. sec. 393. 1860, art. 73, sec. 5. 1837, ch. 320, sec 4.
1838, ch. 400, sec. 1. 1892, ch. 44.

552. The warden of the penitentiary shall annually appoint,
subject to the approval of the board of directors, on assistant
warden, a bookkeeper, physician and matron, and as many
deputy keepers, guards or other officers as he may deem neces-
sary for the service of the institution, and shall also regulate
and determine their respective duties as far as may be con-
sistent with law.

Ibid, sec 394. 1860, art. 73, sec, 6. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 11.

553. If any officer employed in said penitentiary shall, in
taking the oath prescribed by said directors, swear falsely, he
shall, upon conviction thereof .in due course of law, suffer as in
cases of wilful and corrupt perjury; and any officer who shall
act in his office before taking said oath and filing bond as
required shall upon conviction thereof in the criminal court of
Baltimore forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars, to be recov-
ered and applied as directed in section 551.