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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 358.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Managers of

the Maryland House of Correction to hire con-

vict labor to the Maryland Canal Company and

prescribe the manner of payment for -the same

by said canal company.

Whereas the early completion of a branch canal

from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the city

Preamble.

of Baltimore is a matter of great and obvious im-

portance to the pecuniary and material interests of
this State and of said city of Baltimore ; and

Whereas it is believed that the construction of

such branch canal by the Maryland Canal Company

can be accomplished at a moderate cost by employ-

Preamble.

ing thereon the labor of the able bodied male con-

victs under sentence to the Maryland House of

Correction ; therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the Board of Managers of the

Maryland House of Correction be and they are

hereby authorized and directed to hire to the

Hire convicts.

Maryland Canal Company, upon such terms as

may be agreed upon by and between the said Board

of Managers and said canal company, such able

bodied male convicts under sentence to said House

of Correction as may from time to time be applied

for by said Maryland Canal Company, which said

convicts, whilst so hired out to said canal company,

it shall be the duty of the said Managers of the

House of Correction to clothe, feed and guard in

all respects, so far as practicable, as if they were

engaged at work within said House of Correction ;

and payment of the compensation, which may be

agreed on by and between said Maryland Canal

Company and the said Managers of the House of

Compensat'n.

Correction, for the hire of such convicts, the said

canal company shall issue to the said Managers of

the House of Correction, and the said managers

shall accept the stock of said Maryland Canal

Company at such rates as may be mutually

agreed on.