1837.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 320.

officers; the patients may be nursed and attended to
by convicts, but they shall not have charge of or ac-
cess to the medicines at any time; these shall be at all
times under the direction and care of the assistant
warden or guard in this department; convicts shall
not be discharged while laboring under disease, ex-
cept at their own request.

The deceased.

The bodies of deceased convicts may be claimed by
their friends, or devoted to scientific examination, at
the medical schools, or buried in Potter's Field.

Chaplain's du-
ties.

Article eighth. — Chaplain. — The Chaplain shall con-
form to the general rules and regulations of the prison,
and be under the direction of the Warden. He shall
attend chapel service every Sunday, and the Sunday
school shall be under his charge. He shall avail him-
self of all proper times for giving the convicts moral
and religious and other instruction, and for this pur-
pose may visit them in their cells on Sunday, and be-

Quarterly re-
ports.

fore nine o'clock at night, and in the Hospital. He
must report quarterly to the Board, of the progress of
his labors, and shall be furnished with such books as
he may require. He shall call to a convict any clergy-
man of the sect of the convict, or any whom he may
desire, and afford every opportunity for proper inter-

Historical re-
cord.

course. He shall keep a record of the past history and
incidents in the lives of the convicts, and of their future
prospects when discharged, with a view to ascertain
the effect of punishment, and he shall at all times im-

Admonition.

press upon them a sense of the justice of their sentence
and necessity for their amendment.

Matron's duties.

Article ninth. — Matron. — The Matron shall attend
at all times, and reside in the prison, except when al-
lowed to go out by the Warden. The rules and regu-
lations for the government of the men are to be enforc-
ed among the woman; and they are to perform such
work, under the Matron's superintendence, as the
Warden may direct.

Restrictions.

Article tenth. — Visiters. — No person shall be per-
mitted to visit the Penitentiary except on business, and
this shall be transacted in the front building, or unless
he have a written permission, as the Directors may
prescribe, or unless he be a member of the Legislature,
for the time being, Governor, Secretary of State,