THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1837.

the performance of this duty much depends in the en-
forcement of discipline, and they are expected to pay
strict attention to this service.

CHAP. 320.

Article second. — Agents. — One, or both of the Agents
shall attend at the prison at least two hours every day,

Agent's duties.

except Sunday. They shall have the superintendence
of the financial, commercial and manufacturing opera-
tions of the institution, and make all purchases and
sales of materials and manufactures, subject to the di-
rection of the Board of Directors, and shall not in any

Superintend.

manner he concerned in its police or discipline. They
shall weekly examine the cash and credit transactions
of the house; must furnish the Directors, at their

Examine ac-
counts.

monthly meetings, with a statement of the month's op-
erations with the proper vouchers, who shall approve
or reject said accounts, and if necessary, inquire into
the subject matter. They shall also report to the
Board of Directors any misconduct of any officer of the
house, in reference to its commercial, financial or
manufacturing affairs; and in their receipts and dis-
bursements, shall observe the following directions,

Monthly state-

ment.

viz: — Each note to be endorsed by the Clerk as here-
tofore, but for the future to be endorsed also by the
agents, or either of them, in countersign before the
same may be negotiated. The Agents, or either of
them, at the time of such endorsement, to see that each
note is properly entered in the bill book, and then to
note in a column prepared for the purpose, or other-

Endowment of
notes.

wise, the act of endorsement. The Clerk to pay all
debts due by the institution as heretofore, under check
of the Agents, as follows: — Bank checks to be fillet! up
in the hand writing of the Clerk and signed by him;
to be countersigned by the Agents, or either of them;
and further, the parties making the countersign to affix
in each case a like signature to the margin of check
book, corresponding with the check countersigned.

Mode of pay-
ments.

Notes payable to be countersigned in the same manner,
and so also, as to the margin of the note book, but drafts
from creditors of the institution in lieu of being drawn
upon the Clerk as heretofore, and accepted by him
alone, to be drawn upon the Maryland Penitentiary
and accepted by the: Clerk and Agents, or either of

Notes payable.

them, conjointly. Notes and drafts to be entered in

Entries.