1916] OF THE SENATE., 203

rection' and 'State Penitentiary, ' and of all sections under each
of said sub-heads, to enact thirty-five new sections under a new
sub-head 'the State Board of Prison Control, ' to follow imme-
diately after Section 622 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, title 'Crimes and Punishments, ' sub-title 'III.
Places of Reformation and Punishment, ' and to be known as
Sections 623 to 657, inclusive, the same being an Act to pro-
vide for the appointment, tenure, salaries, powers and duties
of, a prison Board, under the name of "The State Board of
Prison Control, ' to provide for the employment, compensation
and duties of subordinates to said Board, to invest said Board
with inquisitorial and visitorial power over Maryland Peni-
tentiary and Maryland House of Correction, to dissolve and
abolish the Directors of the Maryland Penitentiary and the
Board of Managers of the Maryland House of Correction; to
invest the State Board of Prison Control with possession of all
property appertaining to the Maryland House of Correction
and the Maryland Penitentiary, arid with full power, authority
and responsibility to manage arid control said institutions; to
provide administrative and disciplinary regulations for said
institutions; to provide for Grand Jury visitation thereto, and
to provide for keeping and furnishing the records of convicted
persons; to regulate the sentencing of persons convicted of
crime, and to make an appropriation of $45, 000 annually for
the expense of the State Board of Prison Control. " [Which
was read the first time and referred to the Committee on
Finance. ]

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

Mr. Johnson, from Committee on Corporations, reported
favorably

SENATE BILL No. 96, BY MR. CAMPBELL.
SUBJECT: CORPORATIONS—PROVISIONS FOR FOR-
MATION.

With the recommendation that it be referred to the Commit-
tee on Judicial Proceedings. [Which was so referred. ]

Also favorably

SENATE BILL No. 79, BY MR. CAMPBELL.
SUBJECT: INCORPORATE THE SAENGERFEST AS
SOCIATION.

[Which favorable report was adopted. ] [Which was read
the second time and ordered printed for a third reading. ]