JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 693

refuge conducted by said corporation until they
reach the age of eighteen years, or to bind them
out as apprentices until they reach the said age, as
the directors of the said corporation may elect.
SEC. 2. And, be it enacted, That white females
under the age of eighteen years may be committed to the said House of the Good Shepherd by a jus-	Who may be committed.
tice of the peace for any of the counties, or. the
city of Baltimore, on complaint and due proof
made to him by the parents, guardians or next
friend of such minor, that, by reason of incorrigible
or vicious conduct, such minor has rendered her
control beyond the powers of such parents or
guardian, or next friend, and made it manifestly
requisite that firm regard to the morals and future
welfare of such minor, and the peace and order of
society, she should be placed under the guardian-
ship of the House of the Good Shepherd.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That white females
under the age of eighteen years may be commit-
ted to the said House of the Good Shepherd by
the authority aforesaid, when complaint and due
proof have been made that such minor is a proper	Who is a
subject for the guardianship of the said corpora-	proper sub-
tion, in consequence of vagrancy, or of incorrigi-	ject.
ble or vicious conduct, and that from the moral
depravity or otherwise of the 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 vicious minor.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said corpora-
tion shall have power to bind out all minors com-	May bind oat
mitted to their care, with the consent of such mi-
nors, as apprentices during their minority, to such
persons and places, within or out of this State, and
to learn such proper trades or employments, as in
the judgment of such managers will be most con-
ducive to the reformation and the future benefit
and advantage of such children ; and the inden- tures by which children shall be bound shall con-	Indentures— what to con-
tain the covenants, and shall be recorded as pre-	tain.
scribed by article sixth of the Code of Public