ART. 27] STATE PENITENTIARY. 959

recovered at the instance of the said directors, in the name of
the State, for the use of the said penitentiary, before any jus-
tice of the peace or court having jurisdiction, as debts are
collected.

1888, art. 27, sec. 403. 1860, art. 73, sec. 15. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 12.
1845, ch. 83, sec. 2.

562. No person having any official connection with the said
institution shall be directly or indirectly concerned or interested
in any contract, purchase or sale of anything for, by or on
account of the said prison, nor shall he sell to or purchase from
the said prison, or its authorities, any article whatever; and
any person so offending shall be immediately dismissed from
his employment, and on conviction be subject to a fine of five
hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines are; and the
said directors and other officers are hereby required to make
report to the board of directors of all such offenses coming to
their knowledge, and a failure or neglect shall be considered as
a breach of duty, and punishable under the preceding section;
but the directors may authorize the payment, in whole or in
part, of the salaries and dues of the several officers and others
officially connected with the institution, in the goods, work or
manufactures of the penitentiary.

Ibid. sec. 404. 1860, art. 73, sec. 16. 1832, ch. 209. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 24.

1868, ch. 97.

563. The directors shall have the control and management
of the financial affairs of the institution, and no bill against
the same shall be paid until it has been certified by the presi-
dent of the board or by the monthly committee; nor shall any
promissory note of the institution be issued unless the same
shall have been so directed by the board at a stated or special
meeting thereof. They shall direct the making of all repairs
and improvements on the buildings and on the premises.
They shall make or direct to be made purchases of all materials
and supplies, including fuel, food, clothing, hospital stores,
bedding, furniture, and all other articles necessary for the use
of the institution; provided, that no contract for fuel or such
supplies as may be necessary or expedient to enter into a
yearly contract for shall be made by them unless they shall
have first given one week's public notice in two or more of the
daily papers of Baltimore city, inviting proposals and setting
forth the quantity and quality of supplies required, and the
time within which proposals for such supplies shall be made,