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said house of reformation and instruction; provided, that in
all cases no transfer of any such minor shall be made until
due notice has been given to the superintendent of said house
of reformation, and an answer received from him that there is
room for the reception of such delinquent.

1888, art. 27, sec. 350. 1882, ch. 247.

508. Every person who shall wilfully aid or abet any minor
in escaping from the house of reformation, or from any person
or persons to whose care and custody any minor may have
been lawfully bound by said house of reformation under section
504, shall on conviction be sentenced to pay a fine of not more
than one hundred dollars, or to be imprisoned for not more
than sixty days.

House of Refuge.

Ibid. sec. 351. 1860, art. 78, sec. 1. 1830, ch. 64, sec 1.

509. The subscribers to the house of refuge are a body
politic and corporate by the name and style of "The House of
Refuge," and by that name and style shall have perpetual
succession, with the power to have a common seal and to
change the same at pleasure; to make contracts relative to
said institution; to sue and be sued, and by that name and
style shall be capable of purchasing, taking, holding and con-
veying any estate, real or personal, for the use of said corpora-
tion, and to establish by-laws and orders for the regulation of
said institution and the preservation and application of the
funds thereof.

Ibid. sec. 352 1860, art. 78, see. 2. 1830, ch. 64, sec. 2.
610. Every person who hath subscribed the articles of said
association or who shall hereafter subscribe the same and pay
to the funds of said institution the sum of fifty dollars, or ten
dollars annually for the term of six years, shall be a member
for life, and every person paying the sum of two dollars
annually shall be a member while he continues to contribute
the said sum, such payment to be made at the time and in the
manner prescribed by the by-laws of the said association.

Ibid, sec. 353. 1860, art. 78, sec. 3. 1853, ch. 404, see. 1. 1856, ch 288,

sec. 1. 1876, ch. 343. 1892, ch. 396.

511. The estate and concerns of said corporation shall be
managed and conducted by the twenty-four managers, of whom