ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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double the term of the first commitment; provided

that any person that may be brought before a justice of

the peace as herein mentioned shall have a right to ap-

peal to the circuit court of the county or, if in the city of

Proviso.

Baltimore, to the criminal court of said city, where the

same shall be tried as other crimes and misdemeanors.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That every person com-

mitted or sentenced to the said House of Correction

shall be kept at some useful employment, or hired out

Sentenced per-
sons to be em-

for such useful employment, as may be best suited to

ployed.

his or her age and most profitable to the institution ;

and if the person shall refuse to perform the work

assigned to him or her, or be guilty of acts of insubor-

dination or misconduct, such person shall be punished

in such manner as the regulations prescribed by said

board cf managers shall provide, and a record shall

Keep record.

be kept of every punishment inflicted and the cause

thereof in a book which shall be kept at the institu-

tion, and shall always be laid before the said board of

managers at its meetings, and it shall be the duty of

the board to exercise a careful supervision and control

over the punishments inflicted

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.