JOSEPH KENT,\ ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1827

the visitors and governors of the jail of Baltimore county, from the plaintiff or plaintiffs, at whose suit, such person shall be so held in custody or so imprisoned, the sum of twenty cents daily for every day that such prisoner shall be confined, which shall be paid to the warden aforesaid, while such per- son shall be confined in jail, to defray the cost of sufficient food for the use of such imprisoned debtor, and for his main- tenance, and if any plaintiff at whose suit any debtor shall be	CHAP, 214n
so imprisoned in the said jail, shall omit for three days after notice to him or his agent or attorney, to pay the amount to which the said warden shall be entitled, in virtue of this act any justice of the peace for Baltimore city or county, on being certified of such omission, under the hand of the said warden, and that such person is not imprisoned for any other cause than debt, may and shall, by an order signed by him, direct	Plaintiffs neglect- ing to pay,
the said warden to release the said imprisoned debtor from confinement, which order shall be obeyed by the warden, and shall be a sufficient justification of him, for releasing such per- son from prison.	Prisoner that be released. ,
SEC, 3. And be it enacted. That the visitors and governors of the jail of Baltimore county be, and they are hereby autho- rised to regulate the diet of the prisoners and other persons committed to said jail, procure necessary bedding for their use, and to cause to be cultivated the grounds belonging ami attached thereto, for the purpose of raising the necessary ve- getables for the use of the persons confined as aforesaid.	Diet— bedding &c —cultivation of tot

CHAPTER 215.
An act to authorise an investment on certain unsubscribed shares in the Commercial and Farmers' Bank of Baltimore, and for Other purposes.	Passed March 15, 1823.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the president and directors of the Commercial and Farmers Bank of Baltimore be, and they are hereby authorised on or before the first day of April next, to pay and invest upon two hundred and eightysix reserved shares in the said Bank forthe use of the state, the sum of nine thousand five hundred and thirty three	Directors author- ised to pay to the treasurer of W S: certain sums
dollars, and thirty three and one third cents, and that upon the said payment and investment, and algo upon the payment into the treasury of the Western Shore of all or any balance of the bonus reserved for the support of free schools, commonly called the school fund, which may he due or in arrear from She said bank in the opinion of the treasurer of the said treasury, aad in that case the right of the state to appoint di- rectors or any director of the said bank shall cease and be- come void, at*d the same in that event is hereby declared to be relinquished, and shall not be exercised after the completion of the said payments, any act or resolution of the General Assembly to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided^ That in all elections of directors, or other meetings of the stock hold-	In case of pay- ment the staers right to appoint directors ,abandon- ed. Sight of voting for directors reserved