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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

rules and regulations for the government of said insti-

tution, and the preservation and application of the

Establish reg-
ulations.

funds thereof, and may appoint such officers, agents
and servants as they may deem proper to transact

the business of the snid corporation, and designate

and prescribe their duties. That the special object

of the said Industrial Home for Colored Girls shall

be the care, reformation und instruction of colored

female minors, who shall be admitted or committed

to the care and supervision thereof as hereinafter

provided.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That every person

who shall pay the sum of one hundred dollars or

more into the treasury of said institution at one time

Honorary life

shall bean honorary life director thereof; and every

director.

person who shall contribute the sum of fifty dollars

shall be a life member thereof; and every person

who contributes the sum of five dollars or more

annually, shall be a member thereof while he or she

continues to contribute said sum; and all the said

parties so contributing shall be entitled to vote at

the annual election for managers, and have the right

to participate in all meetings of the members of the

said institution.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the property and

concerns of the said corporation shall be managed

Concerns— how

by ,1 board of managers, consisting of eleven persons,

managed.

two of whom shall be appointed by the Governor of

the State for the term of two years as other State

appointments are made; two shall be appointed

by the Mayor of the city of Baltimore, annually, as

other municipal appointments are made; and seven

shall be annually elected by the members of the said

corporation at the annual meeting under rules and

regulations to be provided for in the by-laws; five

of said managers shall constitute a quorum for the

transaction of business. The said board of managers

shall appoint from their own body a president, a

Appoint offi-
cers.

secretary and treasurer, and prescribe the duties

of each. The treasurer, before entering upon his

duties, shall give a bond in the sum of five thousand

dollars, to be approved by the board of managers.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That whenever any

vacancy in the board of managers shall occur from

any cause, the same shall be filled by the appoint-

ment of the remaining members of the board if such