492 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

of said court in his discretion, and with reference to the character of
the House of Refuge as a place of reform and not of punishment, may
order said minor so convicted to be removed to and confined in the said
House of Refuge; provided, that in all cases no such transfer of any such
minor from the counties shall be made until due notice has been given
to the superintendent of said House of Refuge, and an answer received
from him that there is room in the House of Refuge for the reception

of such delinquent.

1904, art. 27. sec. 529. 1888, art. 27, sec. 371. 1878, ch'. 267.

592. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are authorized and

empowered to appropriate annually towards the current expenses of the
House of Refuge and St. Mary's Industrial School, any sum or sums

of moneys not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars per annum, and
to the Boys' Home Society of Baltimore City the sum of five thousand

dollars annually; and the said Mayor and City Council are further
authorized and empowered to appropriate for repairs, permanent im-
provements and additions to the buildings now occupied and used by
said House of Refuge, such additional sum or sums of money as in
their judgment shall from time to time be required for these purposes.

Maryland Industrial School for Girls.

Ibid. sec. 530. 1888. art. 27, sec. 372. 1866, ch. 156. 1870. ch. 391.
1872, ch. 218. 1880, ch. 173. 1910, ch. 302 (p. 393).

593.* The name of The Female House of Refuge is hereby changed
to the name of The Maryland Industrial School for Girls, which is
hereby fixed and established in perpetuity as the corporate name of said
institution.

All legacies now existing or hereafter given by persons dying, after
April 7. 1910, and all appropriations made, or hereafter to be made,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, or by the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore, and intended for this institution, but given or made
by its former name of The Female House of Refuge, instead of its
name as fixed by this section, shall remain and inure to the benefit of
The Maryland Industrial School for Girls.

The affairs of the said institution shall be managed by thirty direc-
tors, fifteen of whom shall be chosen annually by the members on the
second Monday in January, and five of whom shall be appointed annu-
ally in the month of January, by the Mayor of the City of Baltimore,
with the advice and consent of the Council of said city, and ten of whom
to be severally resident of some county in this State, shall be appointed
biennially in the month of January, by the Governor of the State, with
the advice and consent of the Senate. And in case of failure to appoint
or elect at the times hereinbefore mentioned, they shall be appointed or

* Although the act of 1910, chapter 302 (p. 393), does not refer to section 530
of article 27 of the Code of 1904, it seems to be a complete substitute therefor,
and is so codified.