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1888, art. 27, sec 342. 1870, ch 392, sec. 13.

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

Ibid. sec. 343. 1870, ch 392, sec. 14.

501. 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
incorporation, except with the consent of the board of managers.

Ibid. sec. 344. 1870, ch 392, sec 15. 1682, ch. 247.

502. 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 con-
duct, or shall be convicted for criminal offenses, or as herein-
after provided for in the case of application of parents or
guardians.

Ibid. sec. 345. 1870, ch. 392, sec. 16.

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

Ibid, sec 346. 1870, ch. 392, sec. 17.

504. The managers of the house of reformation shall have
power to bind out the children committed to their care, with
the consent of such children, as apprentices during their
minority; that is to say, males until the age of twenty-one
years and females until the age of eighteen years, to such
persons and places, whether in or out of this State, and to
learn such proper trades or employments as in the judgment
of the said managers will be most conducive to the reforma-
tion and the future benefit and advantage of such children;
and the indentures by which such children shall be bound
shall contain the covenants and shall be recorded as prescribed
by law; and all the provisions of the code in relation to white
apprentices shall apply to apprentices bound under this section.

Ibid. sec. 347. 1870, ch. 392, sec. 18.

505. The manner of receiving inmates into the house of
reformation shall be in either of the following modes, namely ;