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judges of
" Courts may
order minors
to,
Proviso
Supplement
enacted.
Power to
make
arrangemen's
in regard to
females.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
SEC. 21. Whenever any white male minor, under
the age of sixteen years, shall be convicted of felony
in any Court of this State, the Judge of said Court
in his discretion, and with reference to the character
of the House of Refuge as a place of reform and not
of punishment, may order said minor so convicted
to be removed to and confined in the said House of
Refuge; provided, that in all cases no such transfer
of any such minor from the counties shall be made
until due notice has been given to the superintendent
of said House of Refuge, and an answer received
from him that there is room in the House of Refuge
for the reception of such delinquent.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the following
supplement be added to said article seventy-eight, of
the Code of Public General Laws, to be entitled
section twenty-two of said article, and to read as fol-
lows, viz:
SEC. 22. The Managers of the House of Refuge
shall have power to make arrangements with the
House of the Friendless, the Maryland Industrial
School for Girls, the Girl's Home, the House of the
Good Shepherd and other kindred institutions, for
the reformation and care of female minors, to take
under their charge any or all of the female inmates
now committed to 'he House of Refuge, so that here-
after the House of Refuge shall be exclusively
charged with the reformation and care of male
minors.
Approved April 1, 1872.
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