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and other places used for the detention or confinement of certain
offenders, providing that the State may pay one-fourth of the cost
of improvements at any county prison farm in addition to the
present provision for making improvements at county jails, ex-
tending the provisions of this section to cover the City of Balti-
more, and clarifying the wording thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 798 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Depart-
ment of Correction", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

798. It shall be the duty of the Board of Correction to cause
regular inspections to be made of the several county and Baltimore
City jails, lock-ups, prison farms and other places used for the
detention or confinement of offenders against the laws of the State
of Maryland, and [shall] to submit a report to the County Commis-
sioners of the several counties and the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, showing the results of such inspection, together with
recommendations as to any improvements which should be made.
In the event that the County Commissioners of any county and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall provide for making
improvements to the jail or to the prison farm of said county or City,
the State, through the Board of Public Works, is authorized to make
provision for paying one-fourth of the cost of such improvements.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1957.

Approved February 13, 1957.

CHAPTER 42
(Senate Bill 43)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 742 and 744 of Article 27 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition) title "Crimes and Punish-
ments", sub-title "Boys' Village", said sections, although nominally
referring to Boys' Village, actually having obsolete references to
the old House of Reformation, and being no longer necessary or
desirable in the Code.

Whereas, Sections 742 and 744 of Article 27 of the 1951 Code,
being under the sub-title "Boys' Village", purport by their wording
to relate to the Boys' Village of Maryland; and

Whereas, actually the reference to Boys' Village is incorrect and
the sections are only an old carry-over from laws formerly relating
to the House of Reformation; and

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.