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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 118

Oath to be
taken.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, The said warden, before he
enters upon the duties of his office, shall take an oath before
the clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County that he
will faithfully execute the duties and trusts and exercise the
powers vested in him as such warden, and shall give bond to
the said County Commissioners with a trust or bonding com-
pany as security, to be approved of by said County Commis-
sioners, in the penalty of three thousand dollars, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his duties as warden, and for
the safe keeping of all such pereons as shall be committed by
legal authority to the jail of Baltimore county, which bond
shall be filed and recorded in said County Commissioners'
office.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, All commitments of prisoners

How commit
ments shall
[be directed.

to the jail in Baltimore county shall be directed to the warden
of said jail, who shall receive the same and safely keep them
until legally released ; he shall deliver prisoners to the sheriff
of the county to be conducted into Court, and when sentenced
to confinement elsewhere than in the said jail of the county, the
warden's responsibility for such prisoners to cease when so
delivered into the custody of the sheriff.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said warden shall

Duty
of warden.

provide all needed supplies for the prisoners in his custody
under the direction of the County Commissioners, and abide
by and observe all such rules and regulations as may be estab-
lished by the said County Commissioners concerning the jail
building and the inmates thereof, and shall admit no visitors
to the prisoners except in accordance with such rules ; he
shall keep a complete record of the prisoners committed to
his custody, when and by whom committed, upon what charge,
and when released, and shall on Monday of each week report
to the County Commissioners the number of prisoners con-
fined, with such other information as may be required by
them ; he shall also keep full and complete account of all
supplies received at the jail and disbursements made by him ;
the said warden and his deputy shall reside in the jail
building.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the warden shall appoint a

Deputy
warden to be
appointed.

deputy warden, to be paid a compensation by the County
Commissioners not exceeding fifty dollars per month, and he
may appoint such watchman or assistants as the commissioners
may in writing direct, to be paid a compensation by said com-
missioners not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day.
The County Commissioners shall furnish the jail building,
including the dwelling part thereof, with all necessary fuel
and all requisite food and supplies for the prisoners confined