CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS 1311

Maryland Training School for Colored Girls.¹

1931, ch. 367, sec. 660A.

729. There shall be established in this State, an institution to be
known as the Maryland Training School for Colored Girls. The said
institution is hereby declared to be a public agency of this State for the
care and reformation of colored female minors committed or transferred
to its care under the laws of this State. It shall be under the supervision,
control and management of a Board of Managers to be appointed as
hereinafter provided.

1931, ch. 367, sec. 660B.

730. The Board of Managers of the Maryland Training School for
Colored Girls shall consist of nine members to be appointed by the
Governor, not less than five of whom shall be women. Immediately after
the passage of this Act, the Governor shall appoint a Board of Managers
of said institution, three of whom shall hold office until June 1st, 1933,
three of whom shall hold office until June 1st, 1935, and three of whom
shall hold office until June 1st, 193Y. Upon the expiration of the re-
spective terms of the members of the Board, the Governor shall appoint
successors who shall hold office for terms of six years. Vacancies in said
Board shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term. The said
institution shall always be non-sectarian, but the Board shall make pro-
vision for appropriate religious instruction of the inmates. The mem-
bers of the Board shall not receive any compensation for their services,
and five of its members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. The Governor shall have power to remove any member of the
Board at any time for any cause which he may deem sufficient, upon
giving such director a copy of the charges against him or her, and an
opportunity to be heard in his or her defense. At the first meeting of the
Board, which shall be held promptly after their appointment by the
Governor, the said Board shall elect from its members a President,
a Secretary and a Treasurer, and the said officers shall serve in such
capacities until July 1st, 1932, and their successors shall be elected for
terms of one year. Before any person shall act as Treasurer of said
Board, such person shall be required to execute a bond to the State with
security to be approved by the Board in the penalty of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000), conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties
required of such Treasurer by the laws of this State and the rules and
regulations that may be adopted from time to time by the Board of
Managers of said institution.

1931, ch. 367, sec. 660C.

731. The Board of Managers of the Maryland Training School for
Colored Girls shall have a seal which shall bear the inscription "The Mary-
land Training School for Colored Girls, 1931." The said Board shall
have power to make any and all contracts relative to said institution; to
sue and be sued; to make rules and regulations for the government 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

¹This subtitle supersedes ch. 291, Act of 1882 (Art. 27, Secs. 644-652, Annotated Code,
1924 Ed.), creating the Industrial Home for Colored Girls.