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tion, refusal to act or removal from the State. Seven of said
Board of Managers shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of business, and the said Board of Managers of the
Cheltenham School for Boys shall make rules and regulations
for the government of said Institution not inconsistent with
the laws of this State which they may deem necessary and
proper for the public welfare and the best interest of the
Institution and its inmates; and said Board of Managers may
appoint from their own body a president, a vice-president, and
a secretary-treasurer, who with two other members to be
selected by the Board of Managers, shall form an Executive
Committee of five which shall have power to manage the in-
stitution during the interval between meetings of the Board
of Managers.

The Board of Managers shall prescribe the duties of such
officers and Executive Committee and their compensation for
their services.

611-D. The Board of Managers shall meet at the Institu-
tion at least once each three months, and the Executive Com-
mittee shall meet at the Institution at least once each month,
and those members of the Board of Managers attending meet-
ings shall be entitled to compensation not exceeding $5. 00 for
an attendance at a meeting, plus mileage at the rate of five
cents per mile for traveling expenses, to and from their respec-
tive homes; and the Board of Managers of the Cheltenham
School for Boys shall appoint all new employees from lists
provided by the Commissioner of State Employment and Regis-
tration; provided, however, that upon the transfer of the prop-
erty as aforesaid the present employees of The House of Re-
formation shall become employees of the Cheltenham School
for Boys, and shall continue in the discharge of their present
functions and duties as classified service employees of the
State of Maryland under Article 64-A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland title "Merit System", without need of special ex-
amination as to fitness and they shall have all the rights and
privileges accorded State employees the same as if they have
been State employees from the time of their employment by
the House of Reformation, or from the time said Merit System
went into effect; said employees to receive such compensation
as may be fixed by the Board of Managers, until the Budget
Bill of 1937 becomes effective and the employees shall there-
after receive such compensation as may be provided from time
to time by the State Budget. The possession of all property
real and personal, which may be acquired or held by said
Board of Managers of the Cheltenham School for Boys, for the
uses and purposes of said Institution, shall be held by said
Board of Managers as public agent and trustee for the State
of Maryland.