918                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 366

prisoners thereto or therefrom, and to extend the pension
system thereto.

WHEREAS, The General Assembly of Maryland at its last
session appropriated funds for the acquisition of land for the
establishment by the Board of Welfare, with the approval of
the Governor, of a new prison or prisons; and

WHEREAS, The Board of Welfare on behalf of the State,
with the approval of the Governor, has acquired property in
Washington County, Maryland, for the purpose of establishing
thereon such institution.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Board of Welfare is authorized and em-
powered, with the approval of the Governor, to establish and
maintain in Washington County, on land acquired or to be
acquired for that purpose, a prison or reformatory of the State
of such type as the Board may determine. The Board may
transfer to such institution from time to time as many of the
prisoners confined in or committed to the Maryland Peni-
tentiary, and/or in or to the Maryland House of Correction
as they shall deem wise and proper, and may return at the
discretion of the Board any prisoners so transferred, and shall
provide for the guarding, transportation, lodging, feeding,
clothing and medical and other care and attention of all
prisoners who may be held at such institution, or make such
arrangements therefor as they may deem adequate or proper,
and the Board of Welfare shall have full power and control
of such prison or reformatory, and shall have all incidental
powers and authority appropriate and convenient to enable
the said Board to discharge fully the powers herein conferred
upon them.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Welfare
shall employ a superintendent or warden for the said institu-
tion, and shall fix his salary; in addition to said salary the
Board may allow subsistence, fuel and a dwelling, but said
superintendent shall receive no other compensation or perqui-
site. The said. superintendent shall employ, with the approval
of said Board who shall fix their compensations, a physician
and such other employees as may to the said Board seem
necessary for the proper management of said institution. The
said superintendent and all persons employed by him shall