HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 385

CHAPTER 408.
(Senate Bill 381)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
148, Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1943 Supplement), title "State Roads, " sub-title "Con-
vict Labor, " relating to employment of prison labor on
road work.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 148 of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "State Roads, " sub-
title "Convict Labor, " be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Convict Labor.

148. (Convict Labor. ) The State Roads Commission is
authorized and directed to expend a sum of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200, 000. 00) a year, or as much thereof
as may be necessary for the purposes of this sub-title, from
the Reconstruction and Maintenance Fund to be used for the
purpose of employing, on reconstruction and maintenance
of State and County roads, prisoners in the penal institu-
tions of the State which institutions are under the control
and direction of the Board of Correction; and the said
Board of Correction is directed to furnish the said Com-
mission, for the above purposes, -such prisoners as in its
judgment may be safely utilized for such work, the Board
to be the sole judge of whether such prisoners can be used
for road work with maximum security.

The employment of all prisoners on road work as herein
directed shall be subject to all the conditions and require-
ments now in force for such work, as prescribed in Article
27, Sections 799 to 813, inclusive, of the Code of Public
General Laws, provided that the money to be expended
hereunder shall provide for maintenance, safekeeping,
transportation, and all other expenses, of utilizing
prison labor on the roads or for carrying out the purposes
of this sub-title, including such wages as shall be prescribed
from time to time by the Board of Public Works, it being
understood that nothing contained herein shall prevent
the State Roads Commission from spending a greater
amount than named in this sub-title if, in its judgment, it
shall be found to be for the best interest of the State to
do so.

Provided, however, that the Board of Correction shall
make arrangements for the employment of any prisoners
at any camp or camps in Queen Anne's County and in any

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