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tions not inconsistent with law, as they may deem necessary and proper
for the public welfare and the best interest of the institution and its
inmates; and shall also have power to appoint the necessary officers and
agents and fix their compensation, who shall be removable at their
pleasure, and shall make an annual report on the first Monday in Janu-
ary in each and every year of their proceedings to the governor, who
shall submit the same with such recommendations as he may deem
proper to the general assembly at its session thereafter.

1914, ch. 488.

525. In addition to the powers and duties heretofore conferred bt
law upon the Board of Managers of the Maryland House of Correction,
the said Board of Managers of the Maryland House of Correction,
and the successors to said Board, shall be authorized and empowered to
purchase or lease lands or chattels, real,* necessary or convenient to the
said House of Correction and proper for its use, on such terms as said
Board may in its discretion deem advisable, and to pay for the same
out of any funds appropriated for that purpose by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, or funds coming into the hands of the said Board of
Managers of the Maryland House of Correction, and proper for its use,
on such terms as said Board may in its discretion deem advisable, and
to pay for the same out of any funds appropriated for that purpose by
the General Assembly of Maryland, or funds coming into the hands of
the said Board of Managers of the Maryland House of Correction, or
its successors, from the employment of inmates, or in any other way,
unless such funds be impressed by a specific trust or direction to the
contrary.

1904, art. 27, sec. 464. 1888, art. 27, sec. 307. 1874, ch. 233, sec. 3. 1878, ch. 415.

1884, ch. 513.

526. Upon the expiration of each of the terms of office of the board
of managers hereinbefore provided for, the governor shall appoint three
persons, residents of this State for the term of six years from the first
of May next ensuing their appointment and until their successors are
qualified; and shall appoint, from time to time during the continuance
of said institution, as said terms expire, three persons, residents as
aforesaid, for the full term of six years, so that the board of managers
shall be divided into three classes, one-third of whom shall go out of
office at the end of two years; and shall also have power in the case of
any vacancy occurring in any of said classes from death, resignation or
removal from the State to appoint a person or persons to fill such
vacancy or vacancies for the balance of the term of said class; provided,
that all persons who shall be appointed members of said board shall
serve without compensation.

*The punctuation of this line is just as it appears in the act.