584 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27.

with the approval of said corporation may select, all such white
male minors of either of the descriptions aforesaid as are now or
shall hereafter be in the charge of said corporation by virtue of
any such commitments by any justice of the peace heretofore or
hereafter made.

1882, ch. 72, sec. 3.

388. The St. Mary's industrial school for boys, of the city of
Baltimore, is authorized to sell, mortgage, exchange, dispose of
and convey, all or any part of such property and estate, real,
personal or mixed, as it now has or may hereafter acquire under
any powers conferred on it by law.

State Penitentiary.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 73, sec. 1. 1837, ch 320, sec. 1. 1868, ch 97. 1878, ch. 74.

389. The property and affairs of the Maryland penitentiary,
shall be managed by a board of six directors. The governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall biennially
appoint two directors of the Maryland penitentiary, who shall
hold office for six years and until their successors are appointed
and qualify, and may be removed as hereinafter provided for.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1837, ch 320, sec. 1.

390. 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.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1823, ch. 206. 1836, ch. 300, sec. 4. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 2.

1868, ch. 97.

391. 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 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