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shall be appointed by the governor of the State for the term of two years
as other State appointments are made; two shall be appointed by the
mayor of the city of Baltimore annually as other municipal appointments
are made, and seven shall be annually elected by the members of the said
corporation at the annual meeting under rules and regulations to be pro-
vided for in the by-laws; five of said managers shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. The said board of managers shall appoint
from their own body a president, a secretary and treasurer and prescribe
the duties of each. The treasurer, before entering upon his duties, shall
give a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved by the board
of managers.

An. Code, sec. 609. 1904, sec. 536. 1888, sec. 377. 1882, ch. 291, sec. 4.

647. Whenever any vacancy in the board of managers shall occur from
any cause the same shall be filled by the appointment of the remaining
members of the board if such vacancy occurs among those elected by the
members, or by the governor or mayor if said vacancy occurs among those
appointed by them; and the said board of managers shall continue to act
until their successors are duly appointed; and in case the annual election
shall not be held for any reason, the said corporation shall not thereby be
dissolved.

An. Code, sec. 610. 1904, sec. 537. 1888, sec. 378. 1882, ch. 291, sec. 5.

648. The board of managers shall provide a suitable building within
the State, and establish such regulations respecting the religious and moral
education, training, employment, discipline and safe keeping of its inmates '
as may be deemed expedient and proper; and the grounds and buildings
which may be erected thereon for the said Industrial Home for Colored
Girls shall be exempt and free of all taxes; no public streets, lanes or
alleys, roads or railroads or canals of any kind shall be opened through the
lands of the said institution, when the same are exclusively used or ap-
propriated for the purpose of its incorporation, except with the consent of
the board of managers.

An. Code, sec. 611. 1904, sec. 538.' 1888, sec. 379. 1882, ch. 291, sec. 6.

649. The board of managers shall take into said institution all such
colored female minors under the age of eighteen years as shall be taken up
and committed as street beggars or vagrants, or who shall be convicted of
criminal offenses, or who shall be committed under the provisions of article
4, Code of Public Local Laws, title " City of Baltimore," sub-title " Va-
grants "; but whenever any colored female under the age of eighteen years
shall be convicted in any of the courts of this State of any offense, or of
vagrancy, the judge of said court, in his discretion, and with reference to
the character of the Industrial Home for Colored Girls as a place of re-
form, and not of punishment, may order the minor so convicted to be
removed to and confined in the said Industrial Home for Colored Girls.