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tors shall have the power to bind such children as apprentices,
as directed in this code in relation to other apprentices.

1888, art 27, sec. 414 1860, art. 73, sec. 26. 1837, ch. 320, sec 28.

673. No person having any connection with the penitentiary
shall receive from any convict therein, either by devise or
otherwise, any property, real, personal or mixed; and any
property so devised or bequeathed shall, notwithstanding such
devise or bequest, be divided among the legal heirs or distribu-
tees of such convict, according to the laws of this State.

Ibid. sec. 415. 1860, art. 73, sec. 27. 1831, ch. 208, sec. 7.
1837, ch 320, sec. 23.

674. Any money, bank notes or chattel property employed,
used or attempted to be used or introduced within or about
the buildings, yards or enclosure of the said penitentiary, for
the purpose of rescuing or procuring the release of any convict
confined in the said penitentiary shall be forfeited thereby to
the use of the State, and the directors shall take possession
thereof and appropriate the same, by sale or otherwise, to the
use of the penitentiary; and they may prosecute, in the name
of the State, any suit that may be necessary for the recovery
or forfeiture thereof.

Ibid. sec. 416. 1860, art. 73, sec. 28. 1837, ch. 320, sec 25.

575. The following rules and regulations shall be observed
at the said penitentiary, and the same may be altered or modi-
fied, and new ones adopted, as hereinafter provided.

Clerk.

Ibid. sec. 417. 1860, art. 73, sec. 29. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

676. It shall be the duty of the clerk to keep the books of
accounts, and of all the transactions of the institution, and
record the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors

Ibid. sec. 418. 1860, art. 73, sec 30. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

577. He shall present at the monthly meeting of the board,
a summary account of all the transactions of the institution,
showing the amount of active capital, cash and bills receivable
and payable, the checks drawn and for what purpose, all monies
paid on what account, which shall be examined and counter-
signed by the warden.