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ducive to the reformation and the future benefit and advantage of such
children; and the indentures by which said children shall be bound
shall contain the covenants, and shall be recorded as prescribed by this
code; and all the provisions of this code in relation to white apprentices
shall apply to apprentices bound under this section.

1904, art. 27, sec. 526. 1888, art. 27, sec. 368. 1860, art. 78, sec. 18. 1849, ch. 374,
sec. 2. 1856, ch. 288, sec. 2. 1860, ch. 205, sec. 2. 1872, ch. 218.

589. The manner of receiving inmates into the House of Refuge
shall be in either of the following modes, namely: first; white male
minors may be committed by a justice of the peace for any of the coun-
ties or city of Baltimore, on complaint and due proof made to him by
the parent, guardian or next friend of such minor, that by reason of
incorrigible or vicious conduct such minor has rendered his. control
beyond the power of such parent, guardian or next friend, and made
it manifestly requisite that from regard for the morals and future wel-
fare of such minor and the peace and order of society he should be
placed under the guardianship of the House of Refuge. Second, white
male minors may be committed by the authority aforesaid, when com-
plaint and due proof have been made that such minor is a proper sub-
ject for the guardianship of the House of Refuge, in consequence 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 discipline over
such incorrigible or vicious minor. Third, such white male children
as their parents, guardians or friends may desire to place therein for
temporary restraint and discipline, and where parents, guardians or
friends shall agree and contract with the managers for their support
and maintenance; and. fourth, white male minors committed by the
several courts in this State as provided in sections 586 and 591.

The power conferred upon the managers of the House of Refuge by this
section is in nowise in conflict with the Declaration of Rights or the Con-
stitution of Maryland. Roth v. House of Refuge, 31 Md. 334.

Ibid. sec. 527. 1888, art. 27, sec. 369. 1860, art. 78, sec. 20.
1849, ch. 374, sec. 3.

590. It shall be the duty of the justice of the peace, when commit-
ting a vagrant or incorrigible or vicious minor tinder the preceding
section in addition to the commitment, to annex the names and resi-
dences of the different witnesses examined before him and the sub-
stance of the testimony given by them respectively, on which the ad-
judication was founded; and the same duty shall be performed by the
clerk of any court, the judge whereof shall make such commitment.

Ibid. sec. 528. 1888, art. 27, sec. 370. 1860, art. 78, sec. 21. 1849, ch. 374,
sec. 4. 1856, ch. 288, sec. 2. 1872, ch. 218.

591. Whenever any white male minor, under the age of sixteen
years, shall be convicted of felony in any court of this State, the judge