ART. 27] HOUSE OF CORRECTION. 481

the House of Correction for the hire of such convicts, the said Canal
Company shall issue to the said managers of the House of Correction,
and the said managers shall accept the stock of said Maryland Canal
Company at such rates as may be mutually agreed on.

1904, art. 27, sec. 476. 1888, art. 27, sec. 320. 1878, ch. 358, sec. 2.
539. In order to enable the said managers of the House of Correc-
tion to discharge the duties imposed upon them by the preceding sec-
tion they are vested with all powers necessary and proper in their dis-
cretion to provide transportation for said convicts to and from the place
or places where they may be engaged at work, and whilst at work to
furnish them at all times with sufficient and proper food and clothing.

House of the Good Shepherd.

Ibid. sec. 477. 1888, art. 27, sec. 321. 1878, ch. 442, sec. 1.

540. The House of the Good Shepherd of the city of Baltimore, a
body corporate incorporated under the general laws of this State relat-
ing to incorporations, is authorized to receive all such white females
under the age of eighteen years as may be committed to the corporation
by their parents or guardians and the same to retain within the refuge
conducted by said corporation until they reach the age of eighteen years,
or to bind them out as apprentices until they reach the said age, as
the directors of the said corporation may elect.

Ibid. sec. 478. 1888, art. 27, sec. 322. 1878, ch. 442, sec. 2.

541. White females under the age of eighteen years may be com-
mitted to the said House of the Good Shepherd by a justice of the
peace for any of the counties or the city of Baltimore on complaint
and due proof made to him by the parents, guardians or next friend of
such minor that, by reason of incorrigible or vicious conduct, such
minor has rendered her control beyond the power of such parents or
guardian or next friend and made it manifestly requisite that, from
regard to the morals and future welfare of such minor and the peace
and order of society, she should be placed under the guardianship of
the House of the Good Shepherd.

Ibid. sec. 479. 1888, art. 27, sec. 323. 1878, ch. 442, sec. 3.

542. White females under the age of eighteen years may be com-
mitted to the said House of the Good Shepherd by the authority afore-
said when complaint and due proof have been made that such minor
is a proper subject for the guardianship of the said corporation in con-
sequence of vagrancy or of incorrigible 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 unable or unwilling to exercise the proper care and dis-
cipline over such incorrigible or vicious minor.
31.