Year: 1874




created, and the balance invested by the Treas
urer in such manner as the increment Of the
sinking fund Of the State is authorized by law
10 be invested.


Sec. I. And be it enacted, That the title to
all the estates and property of the said House of
Correction, shall vest in and be held by George
William Brown, George s. Brown and Robert
T. Baldwin, of the city OF Baltimore, as Trustees
for the State Of Maryland.


Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That for the pur.
pose of meeting the expenses of said House Of
Correction, after it shall be ready to receive in
mates, the sum Ct twenty-five Thousand is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated; and the Treasurer
of the State Is authorized and directed 10 pay
the same 10 the Board of Managers of the Mary
land House of Correction, ON the warrant of the
Comptroller at such times and in such amounts
as the said Board of Managers may require.


Sec. .. And be il enacted That whenever
any person may be convicted in any of the
courts of this State of any crimes or INSIDE
me0nors, and who is liable under existing law
to be sentenced TO imprisonment for period not
less than three months and not exceeding three
years, such court may in its discretion sentence
such person to said House Of Correction instead
of other place Of confnment.


See. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be
the duty Of any justice Of the peace of this State
to cause TO be arrested, and on due proof to
commit any vagran., habitually disorderly per-
son mot insane) or habiiual drunkard, to said
House of Correction for period not less than
three months nor more than six months, and on
second or subsequent commitment Of the same
person for any Of the said causes, he or she, in
the discretion Of the justice nay be sentenced to
double the time Of the first commitment; Pro
Vided That any person who may be brought be-
fore justice OF the peace as herein mentioned,
shall have the right to appeal to the Circuit
Court Of the county, or If In the city of Balti-
more to the Criminal Court of said city, where
the same shall be tried as other crimes and mis-
demeanors


Sec. II. And be it enacted That every person
committed or sentenced to the said House Of





ment, such as may be best suited to his or her
age and most profitable 10 the institution, and
If the person shall refuse TO perform the work
assigned 10 him or her, or be guilty of acts Of
insubordination or misconduct, such person shall
be punished in such manner as the regulation
prescribed by said Board Of Managers shall pro-
vide, and a record shall be kept OF every punish
ment inflicted and the cause thereof, in book
which shall be kept at the institution, and shall
always be laid before the said Board at its meet
ings, and it shall be the duty of the board to ex-
erciso a careful supervision and control over the
punishments inflicted


Sec. IL. And be il enacted, That any person
committed to said House Of Correction by JUS
tee of the peace, may apply for writ of habeas
corpus, to any Judge of any Court of Record, and
upon return thereof, such judge, if he shall deem
that thec is sufficient ground for SO doing, shall
hear the evidence offered and either discharge
the applicant or modify or confirm the commit
ment.


Sec. 49, And be il enacted, That the Board of
Managers shall in its discretion, and with ref
erence to the uniform good conduct therein, of
the persons committed or sentenced TO said insli-
tuition, allot and pay over to such persons at the
time of their release portion of the earnings of
his or her labor.


Sec. IA. And be il enacted, That in order to
further promote good behavior, and tend to re-
formation, the said Board of Managers shall pro-
vide in its rules and regulations for correct
dairy record Of the conduct Of each of the per-
sons confined in said House Of Correction, and
their fidelity and diligence in the performance of
his or her work. and each prisoner shall be en-
titled 10 diminuiion Of the period Of his or her
confinement under the following rules and reg
nlations


First. For each calender month, commencing
on the first day Of the month next after his or
her arrival at the institution, during which he
or she shall not be gcilty Of violation of the
discipline or any Of the rules thereof and shall
labor with diligence and fidelity, shall be al
lowed deduction Of five days from each month
Of the period Of his or her commitment or SEN
tence.


Second. For each and every violation of the
rules and discipline of the institution, or want
of fidelity or cara in the performance of work,
the person therein confined, shall not only for
felt all gained time in the month in which such
delinquency occurs, but, according to the aggra-
vated nature or frequency of his or her offence,
the board may deduct portion or all of his or
her gained time.


Sec, 10. And be it enacted, That this act
shall go into effect from the date of its passage;
and that all acts or parts Of acts, Inconsistent
Herewith, be and the same is hereby repealed.
We hereby certify, that the aforegoing is true


and perfect copy of an Act passed the Gen


eral Assembly of Mary land at the January


Session, 1874.


AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,


Secretary Of the Senate


MILTON Y. KIDD,


Chief Clerk House of Delegates.
Approved, April 9th, 1874.