484 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

1904, art. 27, sec. 487. 1894, ch. 187, sec. 329B.

550. All courts and justices of the peace are hereby authorized and
empowered to commit colored females to said corporation for like
causes, in like manner and for like terms as they are now by law author-
ized to commit white females to the "House of Good Shepherd" of the
city of Baltimore, and the judge of the criminal court, the president of
the board of police commissioners and the marshal of police of the city
of Baltimore shall, at such times as they think proper, visit and inspect
the said institution.

House of Reformation.

Ibid. sec. 488. 1888, art. 27, sec. 330. 1870, ch. 392, sec. 1.
1882, ch. 373.

551. The House of Reformation is a body politic and corporate,
and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, with the
power to have a common seal and to change the same at pleasure; to
make contracts relative to said institution; to sue and be sued; and by
that name and style shall be capable of purchasing, taking, holding and
conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use of said corporation,
and to establish by-laws and orders for the regulation of said institu-
tion and the preservation and application of the funds thereof.

Ibid. sec. 489. 1888, art. 27, sec. 331. 1870, ch. 392, sec. 2.

552. Every person who shall hereafter subscribe to the articles of
said association and pay to the funds of said institution the sum of fifty
dollars, or ten dollars annually for the term of six years, shall be a
member for life, and every person paying the sum of two dollars annu-
ally shall be a member while he continues to contribute the said sum;
such payment to be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by
the by-laws of said association.

Ibid. sec. 490. 1888, art. 27, sec. 332. 1870, ch. 392, sec. 3.

553. The estate and concerns of said corporation shall be managed
and conducted by sixteen managers, of whom twelve shall be elected by
members of the association, and two appointed by the mayor and city
council of Baltimore, and two shall be appointed by the governor in the
month of February, annually.

Ibid. sec. 491. 1888, art. 27, sec. 333. 1870, ch. 392, sec. 4.

554. The members of the association shall assemble on the third
Monday of February, annually, at such place in the city of Baltimore
as the board of managers may from time to time appoint and of which
the president, or in case of his absence or refusal, the secretary or any
member of the association shall give notice in at least two of the daily
papers in the city of Baltimore and elect by a plurality of ballots twelve
managers.