94 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 70

611-E. From and after the transfer of the property as of
October 1st, 1937, the State of Maryland will assume the obli-
gation of the House of Reformation to the colored male minors
under its care and custody and they shall remain at the institu-
tion under the care and custody of the Cheltenham School for
Boys which shall thenceforth be vested with all the powers
theretofore held by the House of Reformation as to said colored
male minors. The manner of receiving new inmates into the
Cheltenham School for Boys shall be in either of the following
modes, namely; first, colored male minors may be committed
by a justice of the peace for any of the counties or by the
Juvenile Court of the City of Baltimore, on complaint and due
proof made to him by the parent, guardian or next friend of
such minor, that, by reason of incorrigible or vicious conduct
such minor has rendered his control beyond the power of such
parent, guardian or next friend and made it manifestly requi-
site that, from regard to the morals and future welfare of such
minor, and the peace and order of society he should be placed
under the guardianship of the Cheltenham School for Boys;
second, colored male minors may be committed by the author-
ity aforesaid, when complaint and due proof have been made
that such minor is a proper subject for the guardianship of
the Cheltenham School for Boys in consequence of vagrancy or
of incorrigible 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 unable or unwilling to exercise the proper care
and discipline over such incorrigible or vicious minor and
third, minors committed by the several courts in this State, as
provided in Section 611-G. If, however, the Institution be-
come overcrowded, the Superintendent with the assent of the
officers of the President of the Board of Managers may refuse
to receive more boys until this condition is rectified.

611-F. It shall be the duty of the justice of the peace or the
Judge of the Juvenile Court when committing a vagrant or in-
corrigible or vicious minor, under the preceding section, in ad-
dition to the commitment, to annex the names and residences
of the different witnesses examined before him and the sub-
stance of the testimony given by them, respectively, on which
the adjudication was founded, and the same duty shall be per-
formed by the clerk of any court, the judge whereof shall make
such commitment.

611-G. Whenever any colored male minor under the age of
sixteen shall be convicted before any court or justice of the
peace of any felony or other offence against any law or laws of
this State, the judge of said Court or said justice, in his dis-
cretion, and with reference to the character of said institution