ART. 74.] PLACES OF IMPRISONMENT AND REFORMATION. 837
HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

156 Refuge for white females under eighteen. 157 How to be committed 158 When to be committed 159 Power to bind out as apprentices 160 Instruction of females committed , rules and regulations 161 Females committed by Criminal Court, etc , term of commitment , proviso , discharge of reformed females

162 Procedure , proviso , trial by jury. 163 Report to governor , appropriations 164. Visitation and inspection by judge of the Criminal Court, president of board of police commissioners, and marshal of police

PENITENTIARY.
1. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall biennially appoint directors of the Maryland Peniten- tiary; he shall appoint during the present session of the General Assembly six directors, two of whom shall be appointed for two years, two shall be appointed for four years, and two shall be ap- pointed for six years; and the governor shall designate the respec- tive terms of said appointees; they shall hold office until their suc- cessors are appointed and qualify, and may be removed as provided	1878, c 74 Appointment of directors
for in this article. As the terms designated above shall expire, the governor shall fill them for six years each.	Terms
2. Upon the happening of any vacancy in the said board of directors, another person shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the former incumbent.	Art 73, s 2 1837,c 320, s 1. Vacancies
3. The directors of the Maryland Penitentiary shall annually appoint at their regular stated meeting in the month of May a warden for the penitentiary, who shall serve for one year or until the stated meeting of the board of directors, to be held in the month of May of the year succeeding his election, or in the contingency of the failure or omission of the board to make an appointment at the	1868, c 97 Warden Appointment
time aforesaid to serve until his successor shall be chosen He may be removed from office at any stated or special meeting of the board, whenever in the judgment of the directors the public interest may require such removal, and in the event of the office becoming vacant by removal, death, or resignation, the directors aforesaid shall make a new appointment for the unexpired term of the late incumbent.	Removal
4. The directors shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, each take an oath that he will well and faithfully execute and perform the duties appertaining to his office according to the laws of this State, and the rules and regulations adopted for the govern- ment of the Maryland Penitentiary, and that he will not during his connection with said penitentiary, sell to or buy from the said insti- tution or its authorities, directly or indirectly, any article or thing	Art 73, s 4 1837, c 320, s 11. Oath of directors
whatever; and any director swearing falsely in the premises, and being convicted thereof in due course of law, shall suffer as in cases of wilful and corrupt perjury, and any director who shall act in his office before taking said oath, shall, upon conviction thereof in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, forfeit and pay the sum of two hun-	False swearing perjury.