THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1837.

SEC. 16. And, be it enacted, That all the expenses of
the said Penitentiary shall be defrayed out of the funds
thereof, and no demand shall be made upon the State

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Expenses to be
defrayed.

Treasury for that purpose, except for such sums as may
be payable in virtue of appropriations, by acts of As-
sembly heretofore or hereafter to be made.

None from the
treasury.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That every person con-
victed of any crime, the punishment whereof shall be
confinement in the Penitentiary, shall be placed and
kept in the solitary cells thereof, on low and course diet,
for such part or portion of the time of his or her im-
prisonment, as the court in their sentence shall direct

Solitary con-
finement.

and appoint, provided, that it be not more than one
half, nor less than one twentieth part thereof; and that
the Directors of the said Penitentiary, shall have pow-
er to direct the infliction of said solitary confinement,

Limitation.

either at the commencement or just before the termina-
tion of the said sentence, or at any time during the

At what term.

same, provided, the said solitary confinement shall be
inflicted consecutively for the whole of that part of said
sentence, and the person so confined shall be allowed
to work in his cell at the discretion of the Board of
Directors, with a proper and exclusive regard, in en-

Object.

forcing this section, to the reformation of said prisoner,
unless the convict's health, in the opinion of the Phy-
sician, require his release from said solitary confine-
ment, in which case he shall be released until his
health be restored.

Regard to
health.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That if any offender sen-
tenced to undergo a confinement in the Penitentiary,
shall escape, he or she shall, on conviction thereof,

Prisoners escap-
ing.

suffer such additional confinement and hard labour,
agreeably to the laws of this State, as Baltimore City
Court shall adjudge and direct; and if any keeper,

Punishment.

deputy assistant keeper or other person shall aid and
assist in the escape of any offender confined in the
Penitentiary, he or she shall, on conviction thereof, by

Officers &c. aid-
ing therein.

Baltimore City Court, undergo such confinement in the
said Penitentiary as the said court may adjudge, not
exceeding ten years. .

Punishment.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the said directors,
be, and they are hereby required to re-model or rebuild
if necessary, the western wing of said prison, now

Re-model Wes-
tern wing.