CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS 1301

minors now committed thereto, and who may hereafter be committed thereto
under the Laws of this State, under the supervision, control and manage-
ment of a Board of Managers hereby named the Board of Managers of the
Maryland Training School for Boys, said Board of Managers to be ap-
pointed as hereinafter provided.

An. Code, 1912, sec. 613. 1918, ch. 300, sec. 2.

708. That the Board of Managers of the Maryland Training School for
Boys shall consist of the Governor, ex officio, the State Treasurer, and the
Comptroller of theTreasury for the time being and nine members to be
appointed by the Governor, three of said members to be designated and
appointed to hold office for six years, three for four years and three for
two years, or until their successor shall respectively be named and ap-
pointed, five of which said Board of Managers shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business, and the said Board of Managers of the Maryland
Training School for Boys shall make rules and regulations for the Govern-
ment of said institution, not inconsistent with the laws of this State which
they may deem necessary and proper for the public welfare and the best
interests of the said institution and its inmates, and the said Board of
Managers of the Maryland Training School for Boys are hereby authorized
to exercise all the powers and authority heretofore conferred upon the
Managers of the Maryland School for Boys, formerly the House of Refuge
under sections 713, 714 and 715 of this Article, as fully and absolutely as if
the same were herein repeated, recited and specifically set out and re-
enacted, and shall appoint all necessary officers and employees, provided,
however, that until said Board of Managers shall appoint the necessary
officers and employees and make rules and regulations for the government
of the institution, the present officers and employees shall continue in the
discharge of their present functions and duties and the existing rules and
regulations shall continue in effect; and provided further, that the posses-
sion of all property, real and personal, which may be acquired or held by
said Board of Managers of the Maryland Training School for Boys for
the uses and purposes of said institution shall be held by said Board of
Managers of the Maryland Training School for Boys as public agent and
trustee for the State of Maryland.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 614. 1918, ch. 300, sec. 3.

709. That upon the expiration of each of the terms of office of the sev-
eral members of said Board of Managers of the Maryland Training School
for Boys, the Governor shall appoint biennially three persons, residents of
this State, for the term of six years from the first day of June next ensuing
after the date of their appointment until their successors shall have duly
qualified, and shall appoint from time to time during the existence of said
institution, as said terms expire, three persons, residents of this State, for
a full term of six years, so that the Board of Managers shall be divided into
three classes, one-third of whom shall go out of office every two years; and
the Governor shall have the power, in case of any vacancy occurring in any
of said classes from death, resignation, removal from State, failure to
qualify within thirty days after the first day of June following their
appointment, or from any cause whatever, to appoint a person or persons to
fill such vacancy or vacancies for the balance of the term of said office.