ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1025

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted,, That immediately upon
sentence of death being pronounced upon any convict by any
Court of this State, the convict shall be taken into custody by
the Sheriff of the county or city wherein he was indicted, and
held by him under such guard or guards as the Sheriff shall
determine to be necessary, and as soon threafter as possible,
said convict shall be, by the said Sheriff delivered to the War-
den of the Maryland Penitentiary, where he shall be placed in
solitary confinement under such guard or guards as might be
necessary, to await the execution of his sentence by the said
Warden as aforesaid. All expenses of transportation of said
convict to the Maryland Penitentiary, a fee of twenty-five
dollars to the spiritual advisor of said convict, the per diem of
a day and night guard over said convict while in confinement,
and a fee of twentv-five dollars to the doctor in attendance at

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said hanging, shall be paid upon a certificate being presented
by the Warden aforesaid, after the execution has taken place,
containing an itemized statement of said expense, by the order
of the County Commissioners of the county where said convict
was indicted, or of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
if indicted in Baltimore City, and it shall be the duty of said
County Commissioners or Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, as the ease might be, to order the immediate payment of
said bill.

SEC. T. And ~be it further enacted, That should the con-
demned felon, while in the custody of the Warden of the
Maryland Penitentiary or the Sheriff of the county or city
where he wras indicted, be granted a reprieve by the Gov-
ernor, or should the execution of the sentence be staved bv

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any competent judicial proceeding, notice of such reprieve or
stay of execution shall be served upon the said Warden or
Sheriff, as well as upon the condemned felon, and the said
Warden or Sheriff shall yield obedience to the same, and said
felon shall remain in the custody of said Warden or Sheriff
where he happens to be at the time of that notice. In any sub-
sequent proceeding1 the mandate of the Court having regard to
the condemned felon, shall be served upon the Warden or
Sheriff, then having said felon in custody, as well as the said
felon. Should the said felon be resentenced by the Court, then
the proceeding's shall be as hereinbefore provided under the
original sentence. Should a new trial be granted such con-
demned felon after he has been conveved to the Penitentiary
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