1026 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 465

then he shall be conveyed back to the place of trial by such
guard or guards as the Warden may direct, their expenses to
be paid as is now provided by law for the conveyance of con-
victs to the House of Correction.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That upon application of
the relatives of the person convicted, the body after execution
shall be returned to their address and at their cost, otherwise
burial shall be provided for as said Warden shall arrange
and determine. From the time of such delivery until the
infliction of the punishment of death upon him, unless he
shall be lawfully discharged from such sentence, the person so
sentenced shall be kept in solitary confinement, and no person
shall be allowed access to him without an order of some court
of competent jurisdiction, except the officers of the prison, his
counsel, his physician, a priest or minister of religion, if
he shall desire one, and the members of his familv.

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SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Warden
aforesaid must prepare and sign a certificate, setting forth the
time and place of execution, and that the execution was con-
ducted in conformity to the sentence of the Court, and the
provisions of this Act, and must request all the persons present
and witnessing the execution to sign said certificate. He must-
cause such certificate to be filed, within ten days after the exe-
cution, in the office of the Clerk of the Court in which the felon
was indicted.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained
in any provision of this Act applies to a crime committed at
any time before the day when thia Act takes effect. Such crime
must be punished according to the provisions of law existing
when it is committed, in the same manner as if this Act had
not been passed, and the provisions of law, for the infliction of
the penalty of death upon convicted criminals in existence on
the day prior to the passage of this Act, are continued in exist-
ence and applicable to all crimes punishable by death, which
have been or may be committed before the time when this Act
takes effect. A crime punishable by death committed after the
beginning of the day when this Act takes effect, must be pun-
ished according to the provisions of this Act, and not otherwise.
The intention of this entire Act being to centralize the hanging
of convicted felons wherein sentence of death is imposed, at
the Maryland Penitentiary and to remove the same from the
county or city jail as the law now provides, and to relieve the