ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIHE, GOVERNOR.

747

least thirty days before said trespass is committed, shall be liable

to arrest by any constable of said county, and shall be deemed

guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before any

Tres-

justice of the peace of said county, shall pay a fine of five dollars

passing.

for first offense and ten dollars for every subsequent offense; on

failure to pay said tine the offender shall be lodged in county jail

for thirty days.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the fines collected by

any justice of the peace and the money paid to the clerk of cir-

Fines.

cuit court for licenses under the provisions of this act, shall be

paid by them to the county commissioners to be placed by them

to the credit of the school fund for said county.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of

Arrests.

any constable of aforesaid county to arrest any person or persons

violating any provisions of this act.

SEC. 8. And be it furtJier enacted, That whatever act or pro-

Repeal.

vision conflicts with this act the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 590.

AN ACT to repeal section four hundred and six, of article twenty-

seven, of the Code of Public General Laws, relating to the State

penitentiary, and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That section four hundred and six, of article twenty-seven, of the

Repeal

Code of Public General Laws, relating to the State penitentiary,

be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as

follows:

SEC. 406. The directors may enter into such contracts for the

employment of the convicts in the penitentiary and for the sale

of the manufactures in the institution as they may deem proper,

May con-
tract.

but shall not enter into any contract for the making or manu-

facturing of the articles known as tin cans, used for oyster and

fruit packing purposes, or iron stoves used for heating and cook-

ing purposes, or iron castings used for machinery purposes, nor

employ any convicts in the making thereof; the directors may,
however, employ an agent or agents for the purchase of articles

Employ
agents.

or goods wanted by the institution, and allow the agents so em-

ployed such compensation as the directors may deem right and

proper; provided, that nothing herein contained shall interfere

with present existing contracts.