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sioner shall also have the power to call for special reports from
any bank or trust company whenever, in his judgment, the
same is necessary to inform him fully of the condition of the
bank or trust company.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1927.

Approved April 5, 1927.

CHAPTER 374.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-
title "Escaping from Penitentiary, " to include Escaping
from Jail, the House of Correction, Reformatories, Station
Houses and other places of confinement.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 138 of Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-
title "Escaping from Penitentiary, " be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

138. If any offender or person legally detained and con-
fined in the Penitentiary, or Jail, or House of Correction, or
Reformatory, or Station House, or any other place of confine-
ment, in this State, shall escape, and if any keeper, deputy,
assistant keeper or other person shall aid or assist in the escape
of any offender or person detained and confined, as aforesaid,
he shall, on conviction thereof by the Criminal Court of Bal-
timore or by the Circuit Court of the County in which the
escape takes place, be sentenced to such confinement in the
Penitentiary, or Jail, or House of Correction, as the Court
may adjudge, for not more than ten years.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1st, 1927.

Approved April 5, 1927.