committed to their care, with tire consent of such
children, as apprentices during their minority, that'
is to say, until the age of twenty-one years, to such
persons and places, whether in or out of this State,
and to learn such proper trades or employment as in
the judgment of the said managers will be most con-
ducive to the reformation and the future benefit and
advantage of such children, and the indentures by
which said children shall be bound, shall contain the
covenants, and shall be recorded as prescribed by
article sixth, of the Code, and all the provisions of
the said article in relation to white apprentices, shall
apply to apprentices bound under this section.
SEC. 18. Tire manner of receiving inmates into the
House of Refuge, shall be in either of the following
modes, namely: first, white male minors may be
committed by a Justice of the Peace for any of the
counties or City of Baltimore, on complaint and due
proof made to him by the parent, guardian or next
friend of such minor, that by reason of incorrigible
or vicious conduct, such minor has rendered his con-
trol beyond the power of such parent, guardian or
next friend, and made it manifestly requisite that
from regard for the morals and future welfare of
such minor, and the peace and order of society, he
should be placed under the guardianship of the
House of Refuge. Second, white male minors may
be committed by the authority aforesaid, when com-
plaint and due proof have been made that such minor
is a proper subject for the guardianship of the House
of Refuge, in consequence of vagrancy, or of incor-
rigible or vicious conduct, and that from the moral
depravity, or otherwise of the parent, guardian or
next friend, in whose custody such minor may be,
such parent, guardian or next friend is incapable or
unwilling to exercise the proper care and discipline
over such incorrigible or vicious minor. Third,
such white male children as their parents, guardians
or friends may desire to place therein for temporary
restraint and discipline, and where parents, guardians
or friends shall agree and contract with the managers
for their support and maintenance; and fourth,
white male minors committed by the several courts
in this State as provided in this article.
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