WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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discharge or return them to their parents, or send

them to the almshouses of the several counties, or

other institutions, wherein they had their last resi-

dences respectively, if, in the opinion of the board

of managers, the interests of the inmates of the

institution demand and require it.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That the Mayor and

City Council of Baltimore be and they are hereby

Authorized to

authorized and empowered to appropriate annually

appropriate.

towards the current expenses, or for the benefit of

the Industrial Home for Colored Girls, any sum of

money they may deem proper.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the Board of

Managers of the Industrial Home for Colored Girls

shall make a report to the General Assembly, at

each regular session thereof, of the number of col-

Report to the

ored girls received by them into said institution, the

General As-

disposition which shall be made of them by instruct-

sembly.

ing or employing them therein, or by binding them

out as apprentices, the receipts and expenditures of

said managers, and generally all such facts and par-

ticulars as may tend to exhibit the effects, whether

beneficial or otherwise, of the said institution.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the General

Right to alter.

Assembly reserves the right to alter or amend this

act at pleasure.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.