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elected as soon thereafter as possible, and a special meeting of the
members may be called by the directors at any time after such failure
for the purpose of a special election of them, and in all cases the direc-
tors shall hold office until their successors are appointed or elected;
and seven of said directors shall constitute a quorum, but vacancies
shall be filled by the concurrent vote of not less than ten directors.

1904, art. 27, sec. 531. 1888, art. 27, sec. 373. 1866, ch. 156. 1870, ch. 391.
1872, ch. 218. 1880, ch. 173.

594. The directors of said institution shall have, as to female
juvenile delinquents, all the powers and fulfill all the duties had and
fulfilled by the directors of the House of Refuge; and the provisions'
of .sections 587, 588 and 589 shall be applicable to this institution

throughout the State.

Ibid. sec. 532. 1890, ch. 435, sec. 373A.

595. Every person who has paid or shall hereafter pay to the funds
of said institution fifty dollars in any one year, or ten dollars annually
for the term of six years shall be a member for life; and every person
paying any sum not less than five dollars shall be for one year next
after such payment a member of said institution, and the treasurer's
book shall be prima facie evidence of such membership; but permanent
members may be elected by the directors from time to time on such
terms as the directors may prescribe.

Maryland State Training: School for Girls.

1914, ch. 843, sec. 1.

596. There shall be established in this State an Institution known
as "The Maryland State Training School for Girls." The Maryland
State Training School for Girls is hereby declared to be a body politic
and corporate, and by that name and style, shall have perpetual suc-
cession with the power to have a common seal and to change the same at
pleasure; to make contracts relative to said Institution, and to sue and
to 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, but all properties so acquired or the proceeds there-
of, shall belong to the State of Maryland, and shall be held in trust for
said State.

1914, ch. 843, sec. 2.

597. The Maryland State Training School for Girls shall be under
the management and control of a Board of Nine Directors appointed
by the Governor. The Board shall always be non-partisan and non-
sectarian. The number of women directors shall never be less than
five. Three of the Directors shall retire every two years. All vacan-
cies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term. The Gov-
ernor shall have power to remove any Director at any time for cause,
upon giving to such Director a copy of the charges against him or her