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such transfer of any such minor from the counties shall be made until due
notice has been given to the superintendent of said Maryland Training
School for Boys, and an answer received from him that there is room in the
institution for the reception of such delinquent.

An. Code, sec. 592. 1904, sec. 529. 1888, sec. 371. 1878, ch. 267.

624. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are authorized and
empowered to appropriate annually towards the current expenses of the
House of Refuge 1 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 improvements and addi-
tions 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.

Montrose Schools for Girls.2

1918, ch. 303, sec. 1.

625. From and after the acquisition by the State of Maryland of the
property of the Maryland Industrial School for Girls the same shall con-
tinue as a reformatory under the name of the Montrose School for Girls
to be conducted as a public agency of this State for the care and reforma-
tion of white female minors now committed thereto, and who may here-
after be committed thereto under the laws of this State, under the super-
vision, control and management of a Board of Managers hereby named,
the Board of Managers of the Montrose School for Girls, the said Board
of Managers to be appointed as hereinafter provided.

1918, ch. 303, sec. 2.

626. The said Board of Managers of the Montrose School for Girls
shall consist of the Governor, ex-officio, and fifteen members to be ap-
pointed by the Governor, who shall receive no compensation for their ser-
vices, eight of whom shall be women, five of said members to be designated
and appointed to hold office for six years, five for four years and five for
two years or until their successors shall, respectively, be named and ap-
pointed, seven of which said Board of Managers shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business, and the said Board of Managers of the
Montrose School for Girls shall make rules and regulations for the govern-
ment of said institution, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, which
they may deem necessary and proper for the public welfare and the best
interests of the said institution and its inmates, and the said Board of
Managers of the Montrose School for Girls are hereby authorized to ex-

1 The House of Refuge has been superseded by the Maryland Training School for
Boys and as the city of Baltimore is required to pay the per capita charges provided for
in sec. 617 of this article, this provision is no longer necessary.

2 Formerly known as the Female House of Refuge, the Maryland Industrial School
for Girls and the Maryland Industrial Training School for Girls. The name was changed
to the Montrose School for Girls by ch. 215 of acts of 1922.