400 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 123

(d) The Maryland State Reformatory for Males, which is a place
of confinement and training for male offenders from sixteen (16)
to twenty-five (25) years of age, both inclusive. In those cases in
which the judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, who is
assigned to exercise jurisdiction in juvenile causes, may waive juris-
diction and order a minor under the age of sixteen, and the fudge of
any circuit court in any county exercising jurisdiction in juvenile
causes, may waive jurisdiction and order a minor under the age of
eighteen, to be held for action under the regular procedure that would
follow if such act or acts had been committed by an adult, then and
in that event the judge presiding in the Criminal Courts of Balti-
more City and the judge of the circuit court of any county upon
assuming jurisdiction in such case and upon conviction may commit
the minor to the Maryland State Reformatory for Males regardless
of age. THE COURTS OF THIS STATE, INSTEAD OF IMPOS-
ING SENTENCES OF FIXED DURATION UPON MALE OF-
FENDERS INCLUDED WITHIN THIS SUB-SECTION MAY SEN-
TENCE THEM TO THE REFORMATORY FOR MALES FOR AN
INDETERMINATE PERIOD OF TIME WHICH MAY NOT EX-
CEED THE MAXIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT PROVIDED
BY STATUTE FOR THE OFFENSES OF WHICH SAID PERSON
WAS CONVICTED; AND IN THE EVENT NO PENALTY IS
PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE FOR SAID OFFENSES THEN THE
COURT SHALL PRESCRIBE THE MAXIMUM TERM OF IM-
PRISONMENT; BUT NOTHING IN THIS SENTENCE APPLIES
TO ANY CASE IN WHICH THE SENTENCE IS LIFE IMPRIS-
ONMENT OR TO THE SERVICE OF TIME FOR NONPAYMENT
OF A FINE.

(e) The Maryland State Reformatory for Women, which is the
place of confinement AND TRAINING for all female offenders who
are sentenced to imprisonment in any institution other than a jail,
for an offense for which the maximum penalty exceeds three (3)
months.

(1) Any female offender who may be sentenced to death

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SHALL be detained in proper segrega-
tion and under adequate control in the Maryland State Reformatory
for Women until not less than twenty-four hours prior to the time
fixed by the Governor for the execution of such offender, at which
time the offender shall be transferred, by authority of the Depart-
ment of Correction, to the death house in the Maryland Penitentiary
for such execution, to be performed under the direct supervision of
the warden of the Maryland Penitentiary in accordance with the pro-
visions of Sections 71 to 79, both inclusive, of this article, and in the
presence of female officers assigned for this purpose. THE COURTS
OF THIS STATE, INSTEAD OF IMPOSING SENTENCE OF
FIXED DURATION UPON FEMALE OFFENDERS, MAY SEN-
TENCE THEM TO THE REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN FOR
AN INDETERMINATE PERIOD OF TIME WHICH MAY NOT
EXCEED THE MAXIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT PRO-
VIDED BY STATUTE FOR THE OFFENSE OF WHICH SAID
PERSON WAS CONVICTED AND IN THE EVENT NO PEN-
ALTY IS PROVIDED BY STATUTE FOR SAID OFFENSE THEN
THE COURT SHALL PRESCRIBE THE MAXIMUM TERM OF
IMPRISONMENT; BUT NOTHING IN THIS SUB-SECTION RE-
LATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF AN INDETERMINATE SEN-