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117. None of the foregoing provisions in sections 104 to
116 inclusive, shall apply to offenders, juvenile or adult.

118. The Visitors to the Jail shall be the second sub-de-
partment of Charities and Corrections, and the head of this
sub-department shall be a board consisting of nine persons,
appointed by the Mayor in the manner prescribed in section 25
of this Article, who shall hold their offices as therein provided.
They shall serve without pay. One of their number shall
be designated by the Mayor, who shall be President of said
Visitors, and the said Visitors shall elect from their number
a Secretary. The Visitors to the Jail shall have charge and
control, supervision and regulation, of the Baltimore City
Jail and all reformatory, criminal and penal institutions be-
longing to the City. They shall also have supervision over
those persons committed to the criminal, penal and reformatory
institutions with which the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more have contracts. The Visitors to the Jail shall have the
power to pass rules and regulations for their own government
and for the government of the Baltimore City Jail and the afore-
said institutions belonging to the City, not inconsistent with
this Article, and shall perform such other duties as may be re-
quired of them by ordinances not inconsistent with this Article.

119. The said Visitors shall meet on the first Tuesday of
every month or at such other times as they may direct ; special
meetings may be called at any time by the President, or any two
members, on giving three days' notice in writing to the mem-
bers.

120. The said Visitors shall have full power and authority,
as often as they may deem it necessary, to visit the jail and the
prisoners confined therein ; to make by-laws for the internal
police and good government thereof, and for the preservation
of the buildings and other property.

121. The said Visitors shall regulate and provide the diet
of the prisoners, procure necessary bedding and clothing for
their use ; make such repairs, alterations and improvements
in and about the jail as they may deem necessary, and provide
medicine and attendance for such of the prisoners as are sick.