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and an opportunity of being heard in his or her defense. Upon
organization, the Board shall select by lot three of its members who
shall retire at the end of two years; three of its members who shall
retire at the end of four years and three who shall retire at.the end of
six years.

1914, ch. 843, sec. 3.

598. The said Directors shall receive no compensation for their
services, but their necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in
attending meetings of the Board of Directors or other business of the
School shall be paid.

1914, ch. 843, sec. 4.

599. Upon their appointment, the said board shall convene and
organize first by electing from their number a President, a Secretary
and a Treasurer, who shall perform the duties ordinarily performed by
such officers and shall serve for a term of two years or until their suc-
cessors have been appointed, and second by passing such by-laws and
rules for the governing said school not inconsistent with the laws of
the State of Maryland as they may find necessary.

1914, ch. 843, sec. 5.

600. Upon organization, the said board shall secure a site for the
said institution in the country to contain about one hundred and fifty
acres of land and shall proceed to erect thereon such buildings accord-
ing to what is known as the Cottage System as they may deem necessary
for the purposes herein set forth.

1914, ch. 843, sec. 6.

601. Said board shall appoint a female Superintendent of said
institution and shall prescribe her duties and fix her compensation;
said Board shall also prescribe the number, duties and compensation
of all other officials and employees, but all such officials and employees
shall be appointed by and subject to removal at pleasure by the said
Superintendent.

1914, ch. 843, sec. 7.

602. Any Judge or Justice of the Peace of this State having crimi-
nal jurisdiction, may commit to said institution any white female under
the age of twenty-one years who shall have been convicted of any crime
or misdemeanor, or who shall have been shown to be vicious or incor-
rigible; and said corporation is hereby authorized to receive all girls
committed to it as aforesaid and to hold them under such commitment
until they shall respectively arrive at the age of twenty-one years. No
girl shall be committed to said Institution simply because she has no
home nor because of poverty. All commitments shall be until the age
of twenty-one years, but the Institution may accept any girl and hold
her pending investigation or trial on the request of a Judge or Justice