ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 291

CHAPTER 100.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
410 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1924 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-
title "Death Penalty, " providing for the detention of con-
victs sentenced to death, and the payment of expenses
incurred in connection with such convicts, and further
providing for the payment of expenses with regard to all
persons sentenced to State institutions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 410 of Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Crimes and Pun-
ishments, " sub-title "Death Penalty, " be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as fol-
lows:

410. Immediately upon sentence of death being pro-
nounced 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 thereafter as possible, said
convict shall be, by the said Sheriff delivered to the Warden
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. No expense incident to the de-
tention of the said convict in the Maryland Penitentiary,
including the expense of guarding, lodging, feeding, cloth-
ing and caring for such convict, shall be assessed against,
billed to or paid by the County Commissioners of the
County where said convict was indicted, or the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, if indicted in Baltimore City.

No expense incident to the guarding, lodging, feeding,
clothing and caring for any person sentenced to any State
institution shall be assessed against, billed to or paid by the
County Commissioners of the County where such person
was indicted, or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
if indicted in Baltimore City, irrespective of whether or not
the judgment, upon which such sentence is imposed, is
thereafter reversed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety,