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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

advantage, and the indentures by which said chil-

dren shall be bound shall contain the covenants, and

shall be recorded as prescribed by the Code of Mary-

land, and all the provisions of the Code in relation

to white apprentices shall apply to apprentices bound

under this section.

SEC. 1. And be it enacted. That the manner of

Manner of

receiving inmates into the Industrial Home for Col-

receiving in-
mates.

ored Girls shall be in either of the following modes,

namely: First. Colored girls under the age of eigh-

teen may be committed by a justice of the peace

for the city of Baltimore or any of the counties of

this State on complaint and due proof made to him

by the parent, guardian or next friend of such girl,

that by reason of incorrigible or vicious conduct,

such minor has rendered her control beyond the

power of such parent, guardian or next friend, and

made it manifestly requisite that from regard for the

morals and future welfare of such minor, and the

peace and order of society, she should be placed

under the guardianship of the Industrial Home for

Colored Girls. Second. Colored girls under the age

of eighteen years may be committed by the au-

Who may

thority aforesaid, when complaint and due proof

commit.

shall have been made that such girl is a proper sub-

ject for the guardianship of the Industrial Home

for Colored Girls 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 incapable or

unwilling to exercise the proper care and discipline

over such incorrigible or vicious minor. Third.

Such colored girls under the age of eighteen years

as their parents, guardians or friends may desire

to place therein for temporary restraint and disci-

pline, and whose parents, guardians or friends

shall agree and contract with the managers for

their support and maintenance. Fourth. Such col-

ored girls under the age of eighteen as may be

committed by the several courts of this State; pro-

vided, however, that the said board of managers

Right to re-
fuse admission

shall have the right and power to refuse admission

to any such female if, in their judgment, they may

be unable to take proper care of them by reason of

disease or other cause, or having received them to