990 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

employed to perform such labor whose health is not in a condi-
tion to allow the same, and the certificate of the physician to
the jail shall be sufficient to excuse such labor.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any officer or other
person having such prisoner in charge for the performance of
such work or labor, connive at or by his wilful neglect, permit
the escape of any such prisoner, he shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon indictment and conviction of such offense in
the Circuit Court for St. Mary's county, be fined not less than
twenty dollars ($20.00) or more than fifty.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 730.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of St. Mary's
county to levy a sum of money not exceeding five hundred
dollars to build a schoolhouse for white children at or near
Notley Hall Hill, in the Seventh Election District of St.
Mary's county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of St. Mary's county be
and they are hereby authorized to levy a sum of money not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars for the building of a schoolhouse
for white children at or near Notley Hall Hill, in the Seventh
Election District of St. Mary's county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Board of County School
Commissioners of said county, shall, in their discretion, con-
tract for the building of said schoolhouse by bids in the usual
form, awarding the same to the lowest responsible bidder; pro-
vided, said bid does not exceed five hundred dollars.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1908.

VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT—See Chapter 386, page
235.