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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 182.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the "Maryland Children's Aid
Society, Incorporated," and to confer additional powers
thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the "Maryland Children's Aid Society, Incor-
porated," a corporation duly incorporated under the Public
General Laws of Maryland, the certificate of which is recorded
among the charter records of Baltimore City in Liber S. C. L.
No. 54, folio 261, etc., shall have an addition to the powers and
authority granted to it in its certificate of incorporation, which,
as stated therein, are "to improve the conditions of poor and
destitute children in the State pr Maryland, especially by pro-
curing them homes in private families," the powers and author-
ity hereinafter mentioned as follows: The said society shall
have all the powers and authority mentioned in Chapter 78 of
the Acts of 1906 of the General Assembly of Maryland and
any amendments, additions or supplements thereto, which said
chapter confers certain powers and authority upon corpora-
tions incorporated under the General Laws for the purpose of
the care, custody, guardianship or protection of minors; and
the said society shall be authorized to receive commitments of
minors, as provided by Chapter 626 of the Acts of 1908 of the
General Assembly of Maryland, and by sections 19 and 20 of
Article 42 of the Code of 1904 of the Public General Laws of
Maryland, and any amendments, additions or supplements to
the said act and sections, and to accept the surrender of any
minor without proper care or guardianship into its custody,
upon a written surrender signed by its parents, surviving
parent, or legally constituted guardian.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the affairs and business of
the said society shall be managed by thirty-two managers, or
such other number as the members of the society shall deter-
mine, which managers shall, so far as may be practicable, be
selected in part at least from each of the judicial districts of
the State of Maryland. The managers shall be chosen annually
at such time and place as shall be designated for that purpose
in the by-laws. They shall serve for one year and until others

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