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association authorized by law to receive such
children, and to retain or bind them out in
this state ; provided, that all such acts of bind-
ing, placing or transferring shall be evidenced
by an instrument of writing, executed in dupli-
cate, signed by the president of the Nursery and
Child's Hospital, of Baltimore city, and by the
person or corporation taking such child as
apprentices, or for adoption, or for subsequent
custody, care and rearing, and by such signers
acknowledged before any officer competent un-
der the laws of this state to take acknowledg-
ment of deeds, at the proper cost and charges of
the party so taking, receiving or adopting ; and
provided, also, that the said Nursery and Child's
Hospital, of Baltimore city, shall keep a fair
record, in a suitable book, of the admission of
all children so received into its custody and
care, in which shall be stated the date of admis-
sion, the name and age of the child at the time
of admission, the name of the person or justice
by whom or the court by which committed, and
the name of the nearest illative of the child
when known to the corporation or its officer
charged with the admission of inmates, and the
name and address of any person to whom, or in-
stitution to which any child or children may be
committed by the said Nursery and Child's Hos-
pital, of Baltimore city, and one copy of the in-
struments so to be executed in duplicate shall
be retained and properly filed by said Nursery
and Child's Hospital, of Baltimore city, and shall
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