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of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved June 27th, 1917.

CHAPTER 4.

AN ACT providing for the assignment to work upon the State,
County and City streets and roads of prisoners confined in
the Maryland Penitentiary, the Maryland House of Correc-
tion and in any City, Town or County Jail, providing the
method and extent of such assignment, and for the com-
pensation, guarding, transportation, care, attention, disci-
pline and punishment for escape or attempted escape of
prisoners so assigned.

SECTION 1. Be it enact&d by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That all male prisoners confined in the Maryland
Penitentiary, the Maryland House of Correction, or any of
the County, Town or City Jails, shall be liable to labor upon
the State, County and City roads and streets in accordance
with the provisions of this Act; provided that nothing in this
Act shall apply to the Baltimore City Jail, or to the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, or to the public highways of
the City.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted., That the Governor of
this State may from time to time require the State Board of!
Prison Control to certify to him the number of male prisoners
confined in the Maryland Penitentiary and in the Maryland
House of Correction, who are physically able to work upon
the public roads of the State, or of any county, city or town
thereof, and who are available for such work. If the govern-
ing body of any town or city other than Baltimore City or the
County Commissioners of any county desire the prisoners con-
fined in the jails under their respective jurisdictions to work