HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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section as a general reference to the provisions
governing competency and insanity in criminal
proceedings.

700.

(a)  Subject to the provisions of § 127A of Article 41
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, each prisoner in any of
said institutions is entitled to a diminution of the period
of his confinement under the following rules and
regulations:

(b)  For each calendar month commencing on the first
day of the month next after his arrival at the institution,
during which he is not guilty of a violation of the
discipline or any of the rules thereof and labors with
diligence and fidelity when the opportunity for labor is
made available, he shall be allowed a deduction of five days
from each month of the period of the commitment or sentence.

(c)  For each calendar month commencing on the first
day of the month next after his arrival at the institution,
during which under such regulations as shall be established
by the Commissioner of Correction he is deemed to have
manifested exceptional industry, application, and skill in
the performance of industrial, agricultural, or
administrative tasks assigned to him, he may be allowed an
additional deduction of five more days from each month of
the period of his commitment or sentence. This subsection
shall not be construed to authorize any additional deduction
because of work performed before June 1, 1943, and all
deductions for conduct and industry prior to that date shall
be governed by this section as it read prior to June 1,
1941.

(d)  For each calendar month commencing on the first
day of the next month after his arrival at the institution,
or for each calendar month beginning on June 1, 1950, for
those who are inmates on that date, during which, under such
rules and regulations as may. be established by the
Commissioner of Correction, he is deemed to have manifested
satisfactory industry, application, and progress in
vocational and/or other educational and training courses
assigned to him, he may be allowed an additional deduction
of five more days from each month of the period of his
commitment or sentence. This subsection shall not be
construed to authorize any additional deduction because of
industry or progress made in vocational or other educational
training before June 1, 1950. Provided, that no prisoner
shall be allowed a deduction of more than five days for any
month under the combined provisions of this subsection and
subsection (c) of this section.

(e)  For each and every violation of the rules and
discipline of the institution, of want of fidelity or care