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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

General Laws, entitled " Apprentices," and all the

provisions of the said article in relation to white

apprentices shall apply to apprentices bound under

this section.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Directors of

the said House of the Good Shepherd shall have

Power of di-

[have] power to place all the females committed

rectors.

to their care at such employment, and cause them

to be instructed in such branches of useful knowl-

edge as may be suited to their years and capacities;

and they shall have power to classify the inmates

of the refuge conducted by them, and to make all

such useful rules and regulations as in their ex-

perience they shall from time to time find necessary

for the regulation and government of the same.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said corpora-

tion shall have power to receive within the refuge

May receive

conducted by it, all such females as may be com-

on commit-
ment.

mitted to it by the Criminal Court of Baltimore

city, the Circuit Court of any county, or any justice

of the peace in the State of Maryland under the

provisions hereinafter contained, and the same to

retain within the said refuge for their several terms

of commitment ; provided however, that the direc-

tors of the said corporation may at any time, prior

to the expiration of her term of commitment, dis-

charge and release any female so committed to

their care, on being satisfied of her reformation.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the Judge of the

Criminal Court of Baltimore city, or any Judge

of any Circuit Court for any county or the city of

Baltimore, upon information that any female under

the age of eighteen years in their several counties,

or the city of Baltimore, as the case may be, leads

Issue warrant

a disorderly and dissolute course of life, may, upon

application of the parent, or next friend of such

female, issue a warrant or order to be directed to

the sheriff, or to any constable or police officer in

such county or city, commanding him to bring the

person against whom the information is so given

before said court or said justice, on any day to be

named therein, not more than one week from the

date of the warrant, to answer to said charge ; and