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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

complaint and due proof have been made that
such minor is a proper subject for the guar-
dianship of the House of Reformation and Instruc-
tion in consequence of vagrancy, or of incorri-
gible or vicious conduct, and that from the moral
depravity, or otherwise, of the parent, guar-
dian or next friend, in whose custody such minor
may be, such parent, guardian or next friend is

Parents may
place.

incapable or unwilling to exercise the proper care
and discipline over such incorrigible or vicious
minor; third, such children as their parents, guar-
dians or friends may desire to place therein for
temporary restraint and discipline, and whose par-
ents, guardians or friends shall agree and contract
with the managers for their support and mainten-
ance, and fourth, minors committed by the several
Courts in this State, as provided in this Article ;

Conditions.

and the annual sum of five thousand dollars shall
be appropriated out of any unappropriated moneys
in the treasury for the aid and benefit of the house
of reformation and instruction for the period of two
years.

Treasurer to

pay.

Sec. 19. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer
of the State shall upon the warrant of the Comp-
troller, pay to the managers of the House of Reform-
ation and Instruction, or as they shall order and
direct, the sum appropriated in the preceding sec-
tion in equal quarterly installments of twelve hun-
dred and fifty dollars each. But before the Comp-
troller shall issue his warrant for the first quarterly
payment hereby provided for, he shall require the
managers of the House of Reformation and Instruc-
tion to furnish satifactory proof that the sum of
thirty thousand dollars, ($30,000) has been col-
lected by said managers from private subscription.

Name and
residence.

Sec. 20, And be it enacted, That it shall he the
duty of the Justice of the Peace when committing
a vagrant, or incorrigible or vicious minor under
this Article, in addition to the commitment to annex
the names and residences of the different witnesses
examined before him, and the substance of the
testimony given by them respectively, on which
the adjudication was founded, and the same duty
shall be performed by the Clerk of any Court, the
judge whereof shall make such commitment.

Sec. 21. And be it enacted, That whenever any
colored minor under the age of sixteen years, shall