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PLACES OF IMPRISONMENT AND REFORMATION. [ART. 74.

parent, guardian or next friend, in whose custody such minor may
be, such parent, guardian or next friend is incapable or unwilling to
exercise the proper care and discipline over such incorrigible or

Third class.

vicious minor. Third, such white male children as their parents,
guardians or friends may desire to place therein for temporary
restraint and discipline, and where parents, guardians or friends shall
agree and contract with the managers for their support and mainte-

Fourth class.

nance; and Fourth, white male minors committed by the several
courts in this State as provided in this article relating to the House
of Refugc.

Art 78, s 20
1849, c 374, s 3
When vagrants
committed,
names of wit-
nesses and sub-
stance of testi-
mony to be
annexed to
commitment

132. It shall be the duty of the justice of the peace, when com-
mitting a vagrant or incorrigible or vicious minor under this article,
in addition to the commitment, to annex the names and residences of
the different witnesses examined before him, and the substance of the
testimony given by them respectively on which the adjudication
was founded, and the same duty shall be performed by the clerk of
any court the judge whereof shall make such commitment.

1872, c 218
White male
minors con-
victed of felony
may be com-
mitted, and
when.

133. Whenever and white male minor, under the age of sixteen
years, shall be convicted of felony in any court of this State, the
judge of said Court in his discretion, and with reference to the char-
acter of the House of Refuge as a place of reform and not of pun-
ishment, may order said minor so convicted to be removed to and
confined in the said House of Refuge , provided, that in all cases

Transfers from
counties.

no such transfer of any such minor from the counties shall be made
until due notice has been given to the superintendent of said Hon.se
of Refuge, and an answer received from him that there is room in

1872, c 218
House of Refuge
exclusively for
male minors.

the House of Refuge for the reception of such delinquent.
134. The House of Refuge shall be exclusively charged with
the reformation and care of male minors.

1878, c 267
Appropriations
by mayor and
city council to
House of
Refuge,
St Mary's In-
dustrial School,
and Boys'
Home Society.

135. The mayor and city council of Baltimore are authorized
and empowered to appropriate annually towards the current ex-
penses of the House of Refuge and St. Mary's Industrial School,
any sum or sums of money not exceeding twenty-five thousand dol-
lars per annum, and to the Boys' Home Society of Baltimore city
the sum of five thousand dollars annually; and the said mayor and
city council are further authorized and empowered to appropriate
for repairs, permanent improvements and additions to the buildings
occupied and used by said House of Refuge, such additional sum
or sums of money as in their judgment shall from time to time be
required for these purposes.

HOUSE OF REFORMATION AND INSTRUCTION FOR COLORED CHILDREN.

1870, c 392, s 1.
Incorporated.

136. The subscribers to the House of Reformation and Instruc-
tion for Colored Children are a body politic and corporate, by the
name and style of The House of Reformation and Instruction for
Colored Children, and by that name and style shall have perpetual
succession, with the power to have a common seal and to change