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interment of United States soldiers, sailors and marines, and Seven Hun-
dred and Fifty Dollars ($750.00), and no more, shall be annually applied
to and be disbursed for the interment of Confederate soldiers, sailors
and marines.

Pauper or Vagrant Children.

An. Code, sec. 12. 1908, ch. 42.

14. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, association or
institution to bring, or send, or receive, or cause to be brought, or sent, or
received into the State of Maryland, any actual pauper, vagrant, criminal,
incorrigible, insane or helplessly crippled or diseased child for the purpose
of placing such child in any home in Maryland or procuring the placing of
such child in Maryland by indenture, adoption or otherwise, without first
obtaining the written consent of the board of state aid and charities of
Maryland, and complying with the following requirements: Before such
person, corporation, association or institution shall bring, or send, or
receive, or cause to be brought, or sent, or received any such child into this
State, they shall furnish to the said board of state aid and charities of
Maryland an indemnity bond in favor of the State of Maryland in the
penal sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, to be approved by said board
of state aid and charities of Maryland, said bond to be conditioned " that
they will, at once, upon the placing of any such child, report to the board
of state aid and charities of Maryland its name and age, and the name and
residence of the person with whom it is placed; that if any such child
shall, before it reaches the age of twenty-one years, become a public charge,
they will, within thirty days after the written notice shall have been given
them of such fact by the said board of state aid and charities of Maryland,
remove such child from the State; that they will not place, or cause to
be placed, any such child, except under written contract which will secure
such child a proper home and will make the person so receiving the child
responsible for its proper care, education, and training; that they will
properly supervise the care and training of such child, and cause such child
to be visited, at least once in six months, by a responsible person, and that
they will make the said board of state aid and charities of Maryland such
reports of their work as the said board from time to time may require."

An. Code, sec. 13. 1908, ch. 42.

15. Any person, corporation, association or institution, or any officer
or agent thereof, who shall violate any of the provisions of section 14,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined a
sum not exceeding one thousand ($1,000) dollars.

An. Code, sec. 14. 1908, ch. 42.

16. The provisions of sections 14 and 15 shall not apply to a relative
going to any other State, and bringing a child into this State for the pur-
pose of giving it a home in his or any other family, nor to the placing of
children in any institution in this State.