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be filled for the remainder of the year, by such person as the
board of managers for the time being, or a majority of them,
shall appoint, except the four appointed by the Governor, in
which case the Governor shall fill the vacancy.

6. If the said annual election and appointment shall not take
place at the times appointed for that purpose, the said corpora-
tion shall not therefore be dissolved, but the members of said
board shall continue in office until a new election and appoint-
ment shall be had.

7. Seven of said managers shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.

8. They shall appoint from their own body a president, a secre-
tary and treasurer, and prescribe the duties of each.

9. They may from time to time make such by-laws, ordinances
and regulations, relative to the management, government, instruc-
tion, discipline, employment and disposition of the minors in the
House of .Refuge, not contrary to law, as they may deem proper,
and may appoint such officers, agents and servants, as they may
deem necessary to transact the business of the said corporation,
and may designate their duties.

10. They shall make a report to the General Assembly at each
regular session thereof, of the number of minors received by
them into the House of Refuge, the disposition which shall be
made of such minors, by instructing or employing them therein,
or by binding them out as apprentices; the receipts and expendi-
tures of said managers, and generally, all such facts and particu-
lars as may tend to exhibit the effects, whether beneficial or
otherwise, of the said association.

11. The treasurer, before he shall enter upon the duties of his
office, shall give bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars,
for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.

12. The board of managers shall provide a suitable building in
the city or county of Baltimore, and establish such regulations
respecting the religious and moral education, training, employ-
ment, discipline, and safe keeping of its inhabitants, as may be
deemed expedient and proper.