THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1837.

parative estimate of the merits of the two great sys-
tems of punishment now in use in the United States.

CHAP. 320.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the Directors of
the Maryland Penitentiary shall have power to insti-
tute any suit or suits, in the name of the State, for
their use, as fully as if the said directors were a body
corporate, for any sums of money due the institution,
for any injury done to the property or effects of the
said institution, or lor the breach of any contract made
with the said director's in their official capacity, or on
the official bonds of any officer who shall commit a
breach thereof, and to prosecute said suits to judgment

May sue for
and recover.

and execution; provided, that the lien and preference
incident to suits and claims of the State of Maryland,
shall not be considered to attach to the claims and suits
of the said Penitentiary.

Proviso.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That any money, bank
notes, or chattel property employed, used or attempted
to be used, or introduced within or about the buildings,
yards or enclosure of the said Penitentiary, for the
purpose of rescuing or procuring the release of any
convict confined in the said Penitentiary, shall be for-
feited thereby to the use of the State, and the directors
may and shall take possession thereof, and appropriate
the same, by sale or otherwise, to the use of the Peni-
tentiary, and they may prosecute in the name of the
State, any suit or suits that may be necessary for the
recovery or forfeiture of such money, bank notes or
property.

Whatever is
employed to
procure release
of prisoner,
forfeited.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That no contract for the
supply or victualling of the Penitentiary shall be made

Proposals for
supplies.

by the agents, unless they shall first have given one
week's public notice in all the daily papers in the city
of Baltimore, inviting proposals, and setting forth the
quantity and quality of the provisions required, and
the time within which all proposals for said supply
shall be made, and they shall accept such proposals as
may, in their opinion, under all circumstances, be most

Contract.

advantageous to the institution; and the party with
whom any contract may be made shall, enter into bond
with security, approved by the agent, and not connect-
ed with the prison in any way whatever, in double the
amount of the estimated contract, conditioned for the

Bond required.