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MARYLAND MANUAL 107
originally established in 1908 as the State Sanitorium. The School
serves boys between the ages of fifteen and fifteen and a half years
of age received on direct commitment or on transfer from the Maryland
Training School for Boys. Boys' Village of Maryland or from
the juvenile courts. Similarly, the School may transfer boys to either
of the other boys institutions or to the Boys' Forestry Camps. During
the 1967 fiscal year, the School served a total of 251 boys and main-
tained an average daily population of 92
Appropriations 1967 1968
General Funds $741,212 $782,623
Federal Funds 2,563 1,000
Totals $743,775 $783,623
Staff: 119.
MARYLAND CHILDREN'S CENTER
Robert C. Hilson, Superintendent
5200 Westland Boulevard, Baltimore 21227 Telephone: 247-0011
By Chapter 98, Acts of 1956, the General Assembly authorized the
construction of the Maryland Children's Center, which is a 112-bed
facility in Baltimore County. The Center, when it opened in 1956,
had a capacity of 56. It was increased to its present capacity in 1967.
The Center may detain a child, under court order, pending further
disposition by the Court. It studies and evaluates each child as to
causes of behavior and makes recommendations to the courts and
the Department regarding an appropriate treatment. The study in-
cludes psychiatric, social, psychological, medical, educational and
group living evaluations In terms of budget and administration, the
Maryland Children's Center is considered as a single unit with the
Waxter Children's Center.
Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's Center
375 Red Clay S.W., Laurel 20810 Telephone: 247-0011
Opened in November 1963, the Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's
Center has the same Superintendent and the same powers and re-
sponsibilities as the Maryland Children's Center. Initially known as
the Southern Maryland Children's Center, it was authorized by Chap-
ter 38, Acts of 1962. It received its present name by Chapter 131,
Acts of 1963.
The Waxter Center provides overnight and weekend detention serv-
ices to the Courts where a complete diagnostic evaluation is not re-
quested. The Center has a forty bed capacity and is situated in Anne
Arundel County.
Appropriations 1967 1968
General Funds $635,504 $996,875
Federal Funds 1,563 1,000
Staff, 1967: 85; Staff, 1968: 136.
MARYLAND TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Robert H. Hildreth, Acting Superintendent
2400 Cub Hill Road, Baltimore 21234 Telephone: 668-8300
This institution was established by Chapter 374, Acts of 1850, as
the House of Refuge. It has been situated at its present site near

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