570 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.

1870, ch. 392, sec. 11.

340. The treasurer, before he shall enter upon the duties of
his office, shall give bond in the penal sum of five thousand
dollars for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.

Ibid. sec. 12.

341. The board of managers shall provide a suitable building
in any part of the State of Maryland, and establish such regula-
tions respecting the religious and moral education, training,
employment, discipline, and safe-keeping of its inmates, as.
may be deemed expedient and proper.

Ibid. sec. 13.

342. The ground, and the buildings which may be erected
thereon, for said house of reformation, shall be free of tax.

Ibid sec. 14.

343. No public streets, lanes, alleys, roads, railroads or canals.
of any kind, shall be opened through the lands, or any part of
the lands of the house of reformation, where the same are
exclusively used or appropriated for the purposes of its incorpo-
ration, except with the consent of the board of managers.

Ibid sec. 15. 1882, ch. 247.

344. The board of managers of the house of reformation shall
have power, in their discretion, to take into said house all such,
colored boys as shall be taken up and committed as street beggars
or vagrants, or for incorrigible or vicious conduct; or shall be
convicted for criminal offences, or as hereinafter provided for in
the case of application of parents or guardians.

1870, ch. 392, sec. 16.

345. They shall have power to place the children committed
to their care, during the minority of such children, at such em-
ployments, and cause them to be instructed in such branches of
useful knowledge as may be suited to their years and capacities.

Ibid sec. 17.

346. The managers of the house of reformation shall have;
power to bind out the children committed to their care, with the