The Democratic advocate., 1878-05-18
CHATTER 35s.
CONVICT LABOR.
AN ACT


! To authorize the Board of Managers of the
| Maryland House of Correction, to hire
/ Convict labor to the MARYLAND Canal Com
! pany, and prescribe the manner of pay
ment for the same by the said Canal Com
pany.
Whereas, the early completion of branch
canal from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
to the city of Baltimore, is a matter of great
and obvious Importance to the pecuniary and
material interests of this State, and of said
city of Baltimore; and,
Whereas. it is believed that the construc-
ton of such branch canal by the Maryland
Canal Company, can be accomplished at a
moderate cost by employing thereon the labor
of the able-bodied male convicts under sen.
tsnce to Maryland House of Correction !;
therefore,
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the Board of
Managers of the Maryland House of Correc.
ton be, and they are hereby, authorized and
directed to hire TO the Maryland Canal Com
pany, upon such terms as may be agreed upon
by and between the said Board of Managers
and said Canal Company, such able. bodied
male convIcts under sentence to said House
of Correction, as may from time to time be
applied for by said Maryland Canal Company,
which said eonvicts, whilst so hired out to
said Canal Company, it shall be tie duty of
the said Managers of the House of Correc-
ton, to elothe, feed and guard, in all respects.
so tar as practicable, as if they were engaged
at work within said House of Correction, and
payment of the compensation which NAV be
agreed upon, by and between said Maryland
Canal Company, and the said Managers of
the House of Correction, for the hire of such
eonvicts, the said Canal Company shall issue
to the Managers of the House of Correction,
and the said Managers shall accept the stock
of said Maryland Canal Company, at such
rates as may be mutually agreed on.
Sec. 2. And be 1t enacted, That in order to
enable the said Managers of the House of
Correction to discharge the duties imposed
upon them by this Act, they are hereby yes
ted with all powers necessary and proper in
their discretion, to provide transportation for
said convicts to and from the place or places
where they may be engaged at work, and
whilst at work, to furnish them at all times
with sufficient and proper food and clothing.
Sec. 3. Aud be 1t enacted, That the Mary.
land Canal Company are hereby authorized
to enter into a contract with the Board of
Managers of the Maryland House of Correc.
ton, for the hire of convicts, in such number.
and for such time as they may deem neces-
sary, for the purposes of this Act; and they
are authorized TO work such eonviets upon
the construction of canal from some point
on the eastern branch of the Potomac River,
near Bladensburg, in Prince George county,
to point on the Patapsco River, near Elk
ridge Landing, in Howard county, or at any
other point or points, or line of said canal.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from and after the date of its
passage, and all Acts or parts of Acts, iucon-
sistent Herewith be, and they are hereby,
repealed.
EDWARD LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
FETTER S. HOBLITZELL,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Approved April /, 1878.
JOHN LEE CARROLL,
Governor of Maryland.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an act passed the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, at the January
Session, 1878.
AUGUSTUS GAssAwAY,
Secretary of the Senate.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.