The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-04-16

road making and improvements, such stone
to he used only on the public roads of the
county; and the said County Commissioners
! shall also furnish, upon an order of the
Mayor and Common Council Of the City OF
! Westminster, sufficient stone hammers TO
break the stone necessary for the improve
ment the public roads designated in Section
2 of this Act.
SECTION 4. And be it enacted, That eight
hours shall constitute days work at hard
labor, and such hard labor shall be perform.
ed between the hours of o'clock, a. M, and
5 o'clock, p. m. No prisoner sentenced
under this Act shall be exempt from hard
labor except through physical inability,
properly certified to by the physician to the
Jail. Should any prisoner or prisoners prove
refractory and stubborn, and refuse to work
or to perform the work in a proper manner,
the sheriff shall place such prisoner or
prisoners in close confinement, solitary if
possible, within the Jail, there to be kept on
bread and water until he or they submit to
perform his or their work properly, and obey
orders from the authority under whose super
vision he or they must work. The time OF
refusal to work shall not be deducted from
the sentence of any person or persons who
shall SO refuse.
SECTION 5. And be it enacted, That all
beggars and vagabonds who roam about from
place to place, without any lawful business or
occupation, sleeping in outhouses, barns,
sheds, or in the open air, and not giving
esood account of themselves, shall be deemed
vagrants and liable to the penalties of this act.
SECTION 6. Be it enacted, That the Sheriff
of Carroll county shall report to the Mayor and
Common Council of Westminster, or to the Of
ficer Of the City of Westminster under whose
supervision the hard labor provided for in this
act is TO be performed, Immediately upon their
reception into Jail, the names OF all prisoners
sentenced to hard labor and the length OF sen
tence of each. The said sheriff of Carroll
county shall deliver to the officer of Westmin-
ster under whose supervision the hard labor
contemplated by this act is to be done, upon
his request, all prisoners in his custody under
sentence at hard labor, and receive them up
on their return by said officer Of Westminster,
and for this delivery and reception the sheriff
| shall be entitled to fee of twenty-five cents
for each delivery and twenty-five cents for re-
| eeption of eachof said prisoners each and every
| day, said fees to be paid by the County
sioners of Carroll county; and the sheriff shall
retain custody and control of said prisoners
while at labor, and shall see that the work to
be done by them is performed according to
the requirements of the said Mayor and Com
mon Council, or their authorized officer; and
! for such custody and control of said prison.
ers and supervision of the work done by them
the sheriff shall be allowed the sum Of two
dollars and fifty cents per day for the first five
| of said prisoners or any smaller number there
of, and the sum of twenty five eeHts per day
for each prisoner additional to the first five so
put at labor, during the continuance Of said
labor.
| SECTION I. And be it enacted, That the Of
ficer of the City of West Minister, under whose
direction and supervision the hard labor con.
templated by this act is to be performed, shall
make monthly report to the County Com
missioners of Carroll County, and to the
Mayor and Common Council of the City oi
Westminster, Of his operations, such report
to include the number of prisoners perform
ing hard labor, the number of days each
worked, the number of perch of stone used,
the amount of work done, the cost thereof,
and such other information as he may deem
i'm portant or as may be required by the sald
County Commissioners or the said Mayor and
Common Council.
SECTION 8. And be it enacted, That Chap
ter 80, Public Local Laws of Carroll County
approved February 20, 1890, relating tc
"Drunkards' and drunkenness, is hereby
repealed, and and also all acts or parts o.
acts inconsistent with this act, so far as they
apply to Carroll County.
SECTION 9. And be it enacted, That this
act shall take effect from from the date of its
passage.
Approved April 7, 1892.
i FRANK BROWN, Governor.
MURRAY VANDIVER,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
EDWARD LLOYD,
President of the Senate.
| hereby certify that the foregoing is true
COPY of an Act of the General Assembly o.
MARYLAND, passed January Session, 1892.
CARLTON, SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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