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An. Code, 1924, sec. 592. 1912, sec. 552. 1904, sec. 489. 1888, sec. 331.

1870, ch. 392, sec. 2. 1927, ch. 128, sec. 592.

592. Every person who is not now a member and who is desirous of
becoming a member of the body corporate, shall make application to the
Board of Managers and if elected by a majority vote of the same, shall
become a member upon paying to the funds of the body corporate the sum.
of two dollars, and shall continue to be a member while he continues to
contribute said sum annually, or if he prefers to pay $50. 00 in a lump sum
or $10. 00 annually for the term of six years, he shall be a member for life.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 594. 1912, sec. 554. 1904, sec. 491. 1888, sec. 333.
1S70. ch. 392, sec, 4. 1927, ch. 128, sec. 594.

594. The members of the Association shall assemble on the third Mon-
day of February annually at such place in the City of Baltimore, as the
Board of Managers may from time to time appoint, and of which the
President or in the case of his absence or refusal, the Secretary or any
member of the Association shall give notice by letter to each member or by
publishing said notice in at least two of the daily papers of the City of
Baltimore, and elect by a plurality of ballots, twelve managers.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 598. 1912, sec. 558. 1904, sec. 495. 18S8, sec. 337.
1S70, ch. 392, sec. S. 1927, ch. 128, sec. 598.

598. The said managers shall appoint from their own body, a presi-
dent, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, and prescribe the duties
of each.

603. Repealed by ch. 226 of Acts of 1929 (p. 708).

An. Code, 1924, sec. 605. 1912, sec. 565. 1904, sec. 502. 1888, sec. 344.
1870, ch. 392. sec. 15. 1882. ch. 247. 1927, ch. 128, sec. 605.

605. The board of managers of the House of Reformation shall have
power, in their discretion, to take into said house all such colored boys as
shall be taken up and committed as street beggars or vagrants, or for in-
corrigible or vicious conduct, or shall be convicted for criminal offenses,
or as hereinafter provided for in the case of application of parents or
guardians, and for each colored minor committed to the care of the House
of Reformation by legal process from the City of Baltimore or any one of
the counties in the State, the said city and county, as the case may be, shall
as hereinafter specified, pay to the House of Reformation at the rate of
two hundred dollars ($200) per annum for the care of such minors so
committed and actually there. The expense for the care of all colored
minors in the House of Reformation shall be a charge upon each county
and the City of Baltimore committing such colored minors to the House of
Reformation, at the said rate. It shall be the duty of the Board of Man-
agers of the House of Reformation to furnish the County Commissioners
of each county, and the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore having
colored minors committed to the House of Reformation, a quarterly state-
ment giving the number of such colored minors committed and actually