1024 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 465

SEC. 3. And lic it f K till er enacted, That the Warden of the
Maryland Penitentiary is hereby authorized and directed to
provide and maintain a permanent death chamber within the
confines of said Penitentiary, and which said death chamber
shall have all the necessary appliances for the proper execu-
tion of felons by hanging- by the neck until dead. In said
death chamber shall be executed all felons upon whom the death
penalty has been imposed, for offenses committed 011 or after
January 1st, 1923. Each execution shall be conducted by the
said \Yarden or some assistant or assistants designated by him,
in the presence of, the Sheriff of the county or city where such
felon was indicted, the physician of the said Penitentiary, or
his assistant, and a number of respectable citizens numbering
not less than six or more than twelve. Counsel for the convict
and two ministers of the gospel may be present.

SEC. 4 And be it further enacted, That when a person is
sentenced to the punishment of death, the judge presiding in
the Court at which the conviction takes place, shall cause the
said felon to be taken into custody by the Sheriff of the county
or city where he was indicted, and to be held by him in solitary
confinement as hereinafter provided when said felon is in the
Penitentiary, as long as said felon shall remain within the
custody of the said Sheriff, and immediately upon convic-
tion the Clerk of the Court where the said felon was indicted
shall make out, sign and deliver to the Governor of the State
of Maryland, a copy of the docket entries in said case, showing
fully the sentence of the Court and the date thereof, and it
shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court where such sentence
is pronounced in case the indictment therein was procured in
another county or city, and the case removed thereto, to imme-
diately upon conviction and sentence, certify the proceedings
to the Clerk of the Circuit Court from whence said case was
removed and the duty of the Clerk of the Court upon the re-
ceipt of the mandate as to the notification to the Governor,
shall be as hereinbefore provided.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Governor is
authorized and required whenever a sentence is pronounced on
any criminal by the judgment of a Court of this State, and pro-
ceedings in the case have been certified to him as hereinbefore
provided, to issue a warrant to the Warden of the Maryland
Penitentiary, ordering and directing him to execute said judg-
ment at such time as in his warrant he shall appoint.