488 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. . [ART. 27

bound by said House of Reformation under section 567, shall on convic-
tion be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars,
or to be imprisoned for not more than sixty days.

House of Refuge.*

1904, art. 27, sec. 509. 1888, art. 27, sec. 351. 1860, art, 78, sec. 1.
1830, ch. 64, sec. 1.

572. The subscribers to the house of refuge are a body politic and
corporate by the name and style of "The House of Refuge," 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 con-
tracts relative to said institution; to sue and be sued, and by that name
and style shall be capable of purchasing, taking, holding and convey-
ing any estate, real or personal, for the use of said corporation, and to
establish by-laws and orders for the regulation of said institution and
the preservation and application of the funds thereof.

Since the House of Refuge is an institution holding property contributed
solely for benevolent purposes, its funds derived mainly from public and
private charity are held in trust, and damages can not be recovered from
such funds. Perry v. House of Refuge, 63 Md. 20.

Ibid. sec. 510. 1888, art. 27, sec. 352. 1860, art. 78, sec. 2.
1830, ch. 64, sec. 2.

573. Every person who hath subscribed the articles of said associa-
tion or who shall hereafter subscribe the same 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 annually shall be a member while he con-
tinues to contribute the said sum, such payment to be made at the time
and in the manner prescribed by the by-laws of the said association.

Ibid. sec. 511. 1888, art. 27, sec. 353. 1860, art, 78, sec. 3. 1853, ch. 404,
sec. 1. 1856, ch. 288, sec. 1. 1878, ch. 343. 1892, ch. 396.

574. The estate and concerns of said corporation shall be managed,
and conducted by the twenty-four managers, of whom ten shall be
elected by the members of the association and ten appointed by the
mayor and city council of Baltimore and four shall be appointed by the
governor in the mouth of February annually.

Ibid. sec. 512. 1888. art. 27, sec. 354. 1860, art. 78, sec. 4. 1830, ch. 64,
sec. 3. 1856, ch. 288, sec. 1.

575. 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

*By the act of 1906, chapter 28, the name of the House of Refuge was changed
to the Maryland School for Boys, and it was provided that all legacies, appropria-
tions, powers, duties, commitments, etc.. to the House of Refuge, should be valid
under its new name.