1176                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 760

CHAPTER 760
(House Bill 681)

AN ACT to add new Sections 393 and 394 to the Code of Public
Local Laws of Cecil County (1953 Edition, being Article 8 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Cecil County",
and to be under the new sub-title "Prison Labor", to follow imme-
diately after Section 392 thereof, providing for the use of prison
labor to work on public parks, buildings, roads, and other public
THE COUNTY ROADS SYSTEM AND COUNTY property in
Cecil County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 393 and 394 be and they are hereby added to the
Code of Public Local Laws of Cecil County (1953 Edition, being
Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Cecil
County", to be under the new sub-title "Prison Labor", to follow
immediately after Section 392 of said Article, and to read as follows:

393. AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM-
MISSIONERS OF CECIL COUNTY, THE SHERIFF OF THE
COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO DELIVER, FOR WORK AT HARD
LABOR AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 394, ANY MALE PRIS-
ONER OVER SIXTEEN (16) YEARS OF AGE WHO IS CON-
FINED IN THE CECIL COUNTY JAIL FOR ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING OFFENSES: ASSAULT, DRUNKENNESS. DIS-
ORDERLY CONDUCT, DISTURBING THE PUBLIC PEACE,
VAGRANCY, PETTY LARCENY, GAMING. OR NON-SUPPORT
OF WIFE OR FAMILY.

394. The hard labor provided for in the preceding section shall be
performed PERFORMED, if within the corporate limits of any in-

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.

393. The sheriff of Cecil County, or his jailor, upon the demand

of the bailiff or chief executive officer of any incorporated town in

said counties, or the Board of County Commissioners, or of any

supervisor of any public road of said county or other person duly

authorized to superintend the repairing of the public streets of said

town, or the public roads of said county or the public property of

an incorporated town is hereby authorized and required to deliver

to such person or official, any male prisoner over sixteen years of

age, who may be confined in said jail, under sentence imposed by

the Circuit Court or any Justice of the Peace of said county in any

case of assault, drunkenness, disorderly conduct, disturbing the
public peace, vagrancy, petty larceny, carrying concealed weapons,

gaming or playing at crap or non support of wife or family in order

that said bailiff or supervisor or other official in charge of said

that said bailiff or supervisor or other official in charge of said

public streets or highways or property may employ such prisoner

at hard labor on the public roads of Cecil County, or on the public

streets or any incorporated town of said county, or on any publicly

owned parks, buildings or land surrounding such buildings.