ART. 27] CONVICTS. 511

1904, art. 27, sec. 596. 1888, art 27, sec. 431. 1860, art 73, sec. 42.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

672. The slops and offal of the prison shall be sold or used in rais-
ing hogs or other stock for the use of the house, and none of the officers
shall be allowed to raise stock of any kind within the walls. The
grounds within the prison walls may be cultivated for the use of the
prison, under the direction of the warden, for the purpose of keeping
down unhealthy exhalations from weeds, rubbish, et cetera; the warden
may keep a horse and cow for his own use, to be attended by his own
servants, and fed at his own expense. The walls and houses must be
whitewashed at least three times a year.

Ibid. sec. 597. 1888, art. 27, sec. 432. 1860, art. 73, sec. 43.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

673. The convicts shall have three meals a day, consisting in all of
one and a quarter pounds of flour, three-quarters of a pound of beef,
or a half a pound of bacon, of good, coarse quality, one herring, one
gill of molasses, one pint of potatoes or other vegetables, with soup, and
a proper allowance of rye coffee, tea and salt; and the physician may
vary the diet when necessary.

Ibid. sec. 598. 1888, art 27, sec. 433. 1860, art. 73, sec. 44.
1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

674. The cooking and refectory shall be regulated by the board of
directors; but no prisoner shall receive anything but the prison allow-
ance.

Removal of Insane Convicts.

Ibid. sec. 599. 1890, ch. 123.

675. Whenever the board of directors of the penitentiary may deem
it necessary, they shall have full power to summon the State lunacy
commission to examine and pass upon the mental condition of the con-
victs, and if the convict or convicts so examined be adjudged insane or
lunatic by said commission, or a majority thereof, and removal be
deemed advisable, said commission shall make complaint to the judge
of the criminal court of Baltimore who, shall have the power to order
the removal of such insane or lunatic convict or convicts to some insane
asylum within the State, and all expenses incurred in the removal and
support of said insane or lunatic convict or convicts shall be borne by
the State.

As to "Insanity as a Defense in Criminal Cases," see article 59, section
4, -et seq.

See section 282.

1912, ch. 496.

676.* Whenever any convict confined in any jail in any city or
county in this State shall become insane or lunatic, the warden of such

*To what extent (if at all), does this section impliedly repeal section 675?