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521. Minimum penalty may be lessened
iri certain cases.
522. Prisoners to be detailed for road
work.
III.
PLACES OF REFORMATION AND
PUNISHMENT.
House of Correction.
523. Under control of a board of man-
agers.
524. Board, of whom to consist; how
appointed; its powers and du-
ties.
525. Managers may purchase or lease
lands necessary or convenient
for use of House of Correction;
payment therefor.
526. Upon expiration of term of office
Governor to appoint successors.
527. By whom all its property to be
held.
528. When court can sentence person
to be confined in.
529. Persons convicted of larceny ;
when sent to.
530. Tramps to be sent to.
531-532. Persons convicted of any mis-
demeanor may be sent to.
533. Justices of the peace to commit
vagrants and disorderly persons
to; Frederick county excepted.
534. Persons committed to be kept em-
ployed.
535. Persons committed to, entitled to
writ of habeas corpus.
536. Managers may allow persons, when
released, a portion of their earn-
ings.
537. Good behavior of persons commit-
ted to ; how promoted.
538. Managers authorized to hire male
convicts to Maryland Canal Co.
539. Managers invested with full pow-
ers to carry out section 538.
House of Good Shepherd.
540. Parents or guardians may commit
white females under eighteen to.
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541. Justices of the peace may commit
such to, upon complaint of 'par-
ent or guardian.
542. Complaint and proof for such com-
mitment.
543. Binding out of minors committed
to.
544. Instruction of minors committed
to.
545. Commitments to, by circuit court
or criminal court.
540. Proceedings before said courts or
a justice of the peace.
547. Annual report to Governor; an-
nual appropriation for.
548. Visitation of.
House of Good Shepherd for
Colored Girls.
549. Purposes of. Powers and duties
of the corporation.
550. Commitments, how made.
House of Reformation.
551. Is a body politic and corporate;
powers of.
552. Who members of association.
553. Affairs of association managed by
sixteen managers.
554. Annual meeting of members; no-
tice required.
555. Vacancy among managers ; how
filled.
556. Managers to hold office until suc-
cessors elected.
557. Five managers a quorum.
558. Managers to appoint president,
treasurer and secretary of.
559. Managers to make by-laws and
regulations for.
560. Managers to report to each gen-
eral assembly.
561. Treasurer to give bond.
562. Managers to provide suitable
building for.
563. Grounds and buildings of, exempt
from taxation.
564. Property of, exempt from con-
demnation.
565. Managers may receive colored boys
into.
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