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be provided for such purpose by the mayor and city council of
Baltimore.

910. Whenever any house of refuge, house of correction, work-
house or other house, building or place shall be provided by the
mayor and city council of Baltimore, to which persons convicted
under this law may be sent, the said court or said justice may
send them to any such house, building or place, if the judge of
said court or said justice consider it to be a more suitable place
for the purpose than the alms-house.

" 911. The trustees of the alms-house, and the officers of the
other places to which persons convicted under the two preced-
ing sections may be sent, shall keep them during the time for
which they are to be kept, so that they cannot escape from said
place.

912. The said trustees and other officers shall put such of said
persons so convicted as are able to work, to the work which
they are respectively best able to do.

913. The time for which any person shall be sent to the alms-
house or other place as aforesaid shall not be less than one week
nor more than two months, for the first occasion; and not less
than one month nor more than six months for the second or any
subsequent occasion.

914. The trustees of the alms-house and managers of the house
of refuge, and officers of the other places to which persons may
be sent as aforesaid, shall have the right to make all proper
rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the afore-
said provisions.

915. Whenever any minor shall be brought before the judge
or justice as aforesaid, the parents or guardians of such minor,
if they be resident within the city of Baltimore, and their names
and place of residence be made known to such judge or justice,
shall be summoned to show cause, if any they have, why such
minor should not be sent to the alms-house or other suitable
place, or be otherwise punished according to law.

916. The said judge or justice shall, if a suitable master or
mistress can be found, and he judges it best for the minor, bind
such minor an apprentice to some useful art, trade or occupation,