490 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

1904, art. 27, sec. 519. 1888, art. 27, sec. 361. 1860, art. 78, sec. 11.
1830, ch. 64, sec. 3.

582. The treasurer, before he shall enter upon the duties of his
office, shall give bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars for the
faithful discharge of the duties of his office.

Ibid. sec. 520. 1888. art. 27, sec. 362. 1860, art. 78, sec. 12.
1830, ch. 64, sec. 5.

583. The board of managers shall provide a suitable building in
the city or county of Baltimore, and establish such regulations respect-
ing the religious and moral education, training, employment, discipline
and safe keeping of its inmates, as may be deemed expedient and
proper.

Ibid. sec. 521. 1888, art. 27, sec. 363. 1860, art. 78, sec. 13.
1830, ch. 64, sec. 11.

584. The ground and the buildings which may be erected thereon
for said House of Refuge shall be free of tax.

Ibid. sec. 522. 1888, art. 27, sec. 364. 1860, art. 78, sec. 14.

1853, ch. 32.

585. No public streets, lanes, alleys, roads, railroads or canals of
any kind shall be opened through the lands, or any part of the lands of
the House of Refuge, where the same are exclusively used or appro-
priated for the purposes of its' incorporation, except with the consent
of the board of managers.

Ibid. sec. 523. 1888, art. 27. sec. 365. 1860, art. 27, sec. 15. 1849, ch. 374,
sec. 1. 1872, ch. 218.

586. The board of managers shall have power in their discretion
to take into said House all such white male children as shall be taken
up and committed as street beggars or vagrants, or shall be convicted
of criminal offenses, or as hereinafter provided for in the case of appli-
cation of parents or guardians.

Ibid. sec. 524. 1888, art. 27, sec. 366. 1860. art. 78. sec. 16.
1849, ch. 374, sec. 1.

587. They shall have power to place the children committed to their
care, during the minority of such children, at such employments, and
cause them to be instructed in such branches of useful knowledge as
may be suited to their years and capacities.

Ibid. sec. 525. 1888, art. 27, sec. 367. 1860, art. 78. sec. 17. 1849, ch. 374,
sec. 1. 1860, ch. 205, sec. 1. 1872, ch. 218.

588. The managers of the House of Refuge shall have power to
bind out the white male children committed to their care, with the con-
sent of such children, as apprentices during their minority, that is to
say, until the age of twenty-one years, to such persons and places,
whether in or out of the State, and to learn such proper trades or em-
ployment as in the judgment of the said managers will be most con-