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Edition), title "Worcester County", sub-title "Prison Labor", as
said section was last amended by Chapter 174 of the Acts of 1959,
clarifying the provisions of the public local law of Worcester
County which concerns certain uses of prison labor for specified
projects and work within Worcester County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 286 of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Worcester County", sub-title "Prison
Labor", as said section was last amended by Chapter 174 of the
Acts of 1959, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

286. The Sheriff of Worcester County, or his jailor, upon the
demand of any incorporated town in said county, or [of any super-
visor of any public road of said county] of the Worcester County
Roads Board, or other person duly authorized to superintend the
repairing and maintenance of the public streets, and/or property of
said town, or the public roads of said county, or the beaches, parks
or any other public property in said county is authorized and
required to [deliver to such person or official] deliver to such town,
Board, person or official, any male prisoner over sixteen years of
age, who may be confined to said jail, under sentence imposed by
the Circuit Court or any Justice of the Peace of said county in order
that said [bailiff or supervisor] town, Board, person or other official
in charge of said public streets or highways, or beaches, parks or
other public property may employ such prisoner at hard labor on
the public property of Worcester County aforesaid or of any incor-
porated town of said county.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved March 23, 1961.

CHAPTER 126
(Senate Bill 144)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 287 and
289 of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Worcester County", sub-title "Roads", sub-
heading "Prison Labor", amending the local laws of Worcester
County concerning the use of prison labor in order to remove
therefrom certain unnecessary and superfluous references to other
counties and to clarify the provisions applicable in Worcester
County on this subject.

Whereas, In the local laws of Worcester County concerning prison
labor there are references to the three counties of Somerset, Talbot
and Wicomico; and

Whereas, These references were originally made because this local
law was to apply in all four counties; and