HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 13

sub-title "Department of Correction", be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

770. Each prisoner in any of said institutions shall be
entitled to a diminution of the period of his confinement under
the following rules and regulations:

(1) For each calendar month commencing on the first day of
the month next after his arrival at the institution, during
which he shall not be guilty of a violation of the discipline or
any of the rules thereof and shall labor with diligence and
fidelity, he shall be allowed a deduction of five days from each
month of the period of the commitment or sentence.

(2) For each calendar month commencing on the first day of
the month next after his arrival at the institution, during
which under such regulations as shall be established by the
Board of Correction he shall be deemed to have manifested
exceptional industry, application and skill in the performance
of industrial, agricultural or administrative tasks assigned to
him, he may, in the discretion of the Board of Correction, be
allowed an additional deduction of five more days from each
month of the period of his commitment or sentence. This sub-
section, as now amended, shall not be construed to authorize
any additional deduction because of work performed before
June 1, 1943, and all deductions for conduct and industry prior
to that date shall be governed by this section as it read prior
to the passage of this Act.

(3) For each and every violation of the rules and discipline
of the institution, or want of fidelity or care in the performance
of work, the person therein confined shall not only forfeit all
gained time in the month in which such delinquency occurs,,
but, according to the aggravated nature or frequency of his
offense, the Board may deduct a portion of all his gained time
for good conduct under Sub-section (1) of this section but the
deduction allowed and earned under Sub-section (2) hereof
shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved February 17, 1943. 1

CHAPTER 17.
(Senate Bill 31)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 75
of Article 75 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Pleadings, Practice and Process at Law",