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An. Code, sec. 599. 1914, ch. 843, sec. 4.

637. Upon their appointment, the said board shall convene and organize
first by electing from their number a President, a Secretary and a Treas-
urer, who shall perform the duties ordinarily performed by such officers
and shall serve for a term of two years or until their successors 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.

An. Code, see. 600. 1914, ch. 843, sec. 5.

638. 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 according to what
is known as the Cottage System as they may deem necessary for the pur-
poses herein set forth.

An. Code, sec. 601. 1914, ch. 843, sec. 6.

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

An. Code, sec. 602. 1914, ch. 843, sec. 7.

640. Any Judge or Justice of the Peace of this State having criminal
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 mis-
demeanor, or who shall have been shown to be vicious or incorrigible; 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 re-
spectively arrive at the age of twenty-one years, No girl shall be com-
mitted 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 of the Peace, but no girl so re-
ceived shall be detained for a period of more than three months.

An. Code, sec. 603. 1914, ch. 843, sec. 8.

641. Each girl committed to said Institution shall receive regular re-
ligious instruction to be provided by the church of her parents whenever
it is possible for the Superintendent to secure it. There shall be religious
services at least once weekly where, as far as the Superintendent is able to
obtain them, all denominations shall be represented. The Board of Direc-
tors is authorized to make such expenditures for religious instruction as it
may deem necessary for the carrying out of these provisions.

An. Code, sec. 604. 1914, ch. 843, sec. 9.

642. Whenever the Board of Directors shall deem it for the best in-
terest of any girl in its custody, it shall authorize the Superintendent to