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PLACES OF IMPRISONMENT AND REFORMATION. [ART. 74.

kept at employ-
ment
Guilty of mis-
conduct, to be
punished

such useful employment as may be best suited to his or her age,
and most profitable to the institution j and if the person shall refuse
to perform the work assigned to him or her, or be guilty of acts of
insubordination or misconduct, such person shall be punished in
such manner as the regulations prescribed by said board of managers
shall provide, and a record shall be kept of every punishment inflicted
and the cause thereof, in a book which shall be kept at the institu-
tion, and shall always be laid before the said board of managers at
its meetings, and it shall be the duty of the board to exercise a care-
ful supervision and control over the punishments inflicted.

Id. s 12
Person com-
mitted by jus-
tice may apply
for writ of
habeas corpus.

109. Any person committed to said House of Correction by a
justice of the peace, may apply for a writ of habeas corpus, to any
judge of any court of record, and upon return thereof, such judge,
if he shall deem that there is sufficient ground for so doing, shall
hear the evidence offered and either discharge the applicant or
modify or confirm the commitment.

Id s 13
Board may pay
to person por-
tion of earn-
ings, at time of
release

110. The board of managers shall in its discretion, and with
reference to the uniform good conduct therein, of the persons com-
mitted or sentenced to said institution, allot and pay over to such
persons at the time of their release a portion of the earnings of his
or her labor.

Id s 14
Board to pro-
Tide for daily
record of
conduct

111. In order to further promote good behavior and tend to
reformation, the said board of managers shall provide in its rules
and regulations for a correct daily record of the conduct of each of
the persons confined in said House of Correction and their fidelity
and diligence in the performance of his or her work; and each pris-

Diminution of
period of con-
finement

oner shall be entitled to a diminution of the period of his or her
confinement under the following rules and regulations :
First. For each calendar month, commencing on the first day of

What diminu-
tion

the month next after his or her arrival at the institution, during
which he or she shall not be guilty of a violation of the discipline,
or any of the rules thereof, and shall labor with diligence and fidelity,
shall be allowed a reduction of five days from each month of the
period of his or her commitment or sentencc.

When forfeiture
of gained time

Second. For each and every violation of the rules and discipline
of the institution, or want of fidelity or care in the performance of
work, the person therein confined shall not only forfeit all gained
time in the month in which such delinquency occuis, but, according
to the aggravated nature or frequency of his or her offence, the board
may deduct a portion or all of his or her gained time.

HIRE OF CONVICT LABOR TO MARYLAND CANAL COMPANY.

1878, c. 368
Hire of con-
victs.

112. The board of managers of the Maryland House of Correc-
tion are hereby authorized and directed to hire to the Maryland
Canal Company, 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