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offence against any law or laws of this State, the judge of said Court or
said justice, in his discretion, and with reference to the character of said
institution as a place of reform and not of punishment, may order said
minor so convicted to be removed to and confined in the said Cheltenham
School for Boys.

1937, ch. 70, sec. 611H.

703. The Board of Managers of the Cheltenham School for Boys shall
have power in their discretion to place the boys committed to their care
during the minority of such boys at such employment and cause them to be
instructed in such branches of useful knowledge as may be suited to their
years and capacity, and said Board of Managers shall have power in their
discretion to bind out the boys committed to their care with the consent
of such boy, as apprentices during their minority to such person or persons
whether in or out of this State, and to learn such proper trades or employ-
ment as in the judgment of said Board of Managers will be most conducive
to the reformation and future benefit' and advantage of such boys.

1937, ch. 70, sec. 611-I.

704. Every .person who shall wilfully aid or abet any minor in escaping
from the Cheltenham School for Boys, or from any person or persons to
whose care and custody any minors may have been lawfully bound by said
Cheltenham School for Boys, shall on conviction be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than
sixty days.

1937, ch. 70, sec. 611J.

705. For each colored male minor committed to the care and training
of the Cheltenham School for Boys from the City of Baltimore or any one
of the counties in the State, the .said City or County, as the case may be,
shall, as herein specified, pay into the State Treasury, the sum of two
hundred dollars ($200.00), per annum, f or the care and training of such
colored male minors and the remaining amount required. for the care and
training of such colored male minor shall be paid from the Treasury of
the State, and the said city or county, as the case may be, shall, as herein
specified, pay into the, State Treasury the sum of twenty-five ($25.00)
dollars, per annum, for each colored male minor, paroled and under the
control of the Cheltenham School for Boys supervising said colored male
minors. The expense for care, training and supervision of all male minors
in the Cheltenham School for Boys and on parole and under its control shall
be a charge upon each county and City of Baltimore, committing such
colored male minor or minors to the Cheltenham School for Boys, as here-
inafter specified. It shall be the duty of the Board of Managers of the
Cheltenham School for Boys to furnish to the County Treasurer and to the
Comptroller of the City of Baltimore having colored male minors com-
mitted to the Cheltenham School for Boys a quarterly statement giving the
number of colored male minors and the name of each colored male minor
from and charged to such county or the City of Baltimore, as the case
may be, and the cost of maintenance and supervision due from said county
and the City of Baltimore for such colored male minor or minors. The
Board of Managers of the Cheltenham School for Boys shall certify to
the State Comptroller on the first days of January, April, July and October,