Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-06-22

eighteen hundred and Twenty-Five.
Sec. 2. 4nd be Il enacted, That the said nci
be further amended by striking out in ths
proviso Of the first section the word twenty
and inserting in lieu thereof the word
fifty.u
Sec. Q. Ind Be il enacted, That this act shall
take effect and be in force from the date Of its
passage.
AN ACT to establish the Maryland Industrial
School for Girls.
Sec. l. Be aenacted BY The General assembly
Of Maryland, That Reverned Franklin Wilson,
Francis T. King, William b. Cromfeld,
HugA. 4. Bond, Joseph Dean Smith, Hiram
Woods, Jr., Edward Otis Hinckley, DR..
John Curlett, and all such persons as now
are, or shall hereafter become contributors in
the manner hereinafter provided, be-, and they
are hereby incorporated by the name Of q The
Maryland Industrial School for Girls, = and
BY that name shall have perpetual succession,
with power to have a common seal, and to
change the same at pleasure, to make con-
tracts relative to said Institution, to sue and
be sued, and by that name be capable in law
ofpurchasing, taking, holding and conveying
any estate, real or personal, for the use Of
said corporations and also to establish by
laws and orders for the regulation Of said in
stitntion, and the preservation and applica-
ton of its funds, and the appointment of such
agents and officers as they find necessary.
Sec. 2. And be ii enacted, That every per-
son who has paid, or shall hereafter pay to
the funds of said institution fifty dollars in
any year, or ten dollars annually, for the
term Of six years, shall be member for life !;
and every person paying any sum not less
than five dollars, shall be for one year next
after such payment, q member Of said institu-
ton, and the Treasurer's books shall be prima
facie evidence of such membership.
Sec 3. And Be il enacted, That the affairs
of said institution shall be managed by
twenty Directors, fifteen of whom shall be
chosen annually by the members on the first
Fuesday in January, and five Of whom shall
be appointed annually in the month Of January
by the Mayor OF the city Of Baltimore, with
the advice and consent Of the Councils Of said
city, and in case Of failure to appoint or
elect at the times hereinbefore mentioned,
they shall be appointed. or elected rs soon
thereafter as possible and special meeting
Of the members may be called by the Directors
at any time after such failure for the purpose
Of special election by them and in all cases
the Directors shall hold Office until their suc-
cessors are appointed or elected any seven
Of said Directors shall constitute quorum,
but vacancies shall be filled by the concurrent
vote Of not less than majority Of the whole
number remaining.
Sec. a. And be It enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and after the date of its pas
sage; and for the purpose of making the first
appointment Of Directors, the Mayor Of the
city of Baltimore shall appoint Directors as
soon as possible, and the persons named as
members in the first section shall act as Di-
rectors on the part Of the members until .he
Directors on their part are chosen and as
soon as possible after the other Directors are
appointed, the said Directors on the part OF
the members, or a majority of them, shall APP
point time and place for the first meeting Of
the Directors, and give notice thereof TO all
tho other Directors, and the Directors shall
meet thereafter at such times and places as
they may from time to time determine.
Sec. s.. 4nd be 10 enacted, That the special
object of said institution shall be the care, re-
formation and instruction of such girls as are
not admitted into either the House of Refuge,
the Home of the Friendless, or the Children
Aid Society, but who need the care of some
public reformatory institution.
Sec. 6. Ind be IL enacted, That the Direct
ors of said institution shall have the same
powers in respect to such girls, until they arc
twenty-one years Of age, that the House Of
Refuge, the Home Of the Ffiendless, or the
Children's Aid Society now have in respect to
children committed to its care; but no girl
shall be committed to said institution VITO Is
over eighteen years of age at the time of such
commitment.
Sec. Z. And Be it enacted, That the father.
or in case of his death, or of his being nom
resident of this State, the mother, If she be q
resident of this State, and the several courts
having criminal Jurisdiction, and the Orphan 3
Court and Justices OF the Peace of the State
may ccuImitsuch girls to said institution, and
such girls may be transferred to said institu-
ton, from any of the Others hereinbefore
named or from the almshouses Of this State /;
but power Is reserved to the Directors Of this
institution to reject any girls of whom they
may be unable to take proper care by reason
Of disease or other cause, or having received
them, to discharge or return them to their
parents, or to send them to the almshouses Of
the several counties wherein they had their
last RESIDENCES respectively.
Sec. 8. lind belt enacted, That the provisions
Of the public Local Laws, article four, section
nine hundred and seven to nine hundred and
twenty-seven, inclusive, entitled, City Of
Baltimore Migrants" shall be- applicable
throughout the State, to the institution here
by incorporated, as far as the special object
of it will admit.
See. 8. Ind be IL enacted, That all the pro-
perty Of the institution hereby incorporated
shall be exempted from all taxation as long as
il is used for the charitable purposes herein-
before mentioned; and the right Of the
General Assembly TO repeal this act, OF any
part of IL, is hereby expressly reserved
CHAPMAN HARDWOOD.
Secretary Of the Senate,
WILLIAM r. COLE,
Chief Clerk House Delegates.
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