EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 727

cio, the State Treasurer, and the Comptroller of the Treasury
for the time being and nine members to be appointed by the
Governor, three of said members to be designated and appointed
to hold office for six years, three for four years and three for
two years, or until their successor shall respectively be named
and appointed, five of which said Board of Managers shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the said
Board of Managers of the Maryland Training School for Boys
shall make rules and regulations for the Government of said
institution, not inconsistent with the laws of this State which
they may deem necessary and proper for the public welfare and
the best interests of the said institution and its inmates, and
the said Board of Managers of the Maryland Training School
for Boys are hereby authorized to exercise all the powers and
authority heretofore conferred upon the Managers of the Mary-
land School for Boys, formerly the House of Refuge under Sec-
tions 586, 587 and 588 of Article 27 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of this State, as fully and absolutely as if the same
were herein repeated, recited and specifically set out and re-
enacted, and shall appoint all necessary officers and employees,
provided, however, that until said Board of Managers shall ap-
point the necessary officers and employees and make rules and
regulations for the government of the institution, the present
officers and employees shall continue in the discharge of their
present functions and duties and the existing rules and regula-
tions shall continue in effect; and provided further, that the
possession of all property, real and personal, which may be ac-
quired or held by said Board of Managers of the Maryland
Training School for Boys for the uses and purposes of said
institution shall be held by said Board of Managers of the
Maryland Training School for Boys as public agent and trustee
for the State of Maryland.

SEC. 3. That upon the expiration of each of the terms of
office of the several members of said Board of Managers of the
Maryland Training School for Boys, the Governor shall ap-
point bi-annually three persons, residents of this State, for the
term of six years from the first day of June next ensuing after
the date of their appointment until their successors shall have
duly qualified, and shall appoint from time to time during the
existence of said institution, a? said terms expire, three per-
sons, residents of this State, for a full term of six years, so that
the Board of Managers shall be divided into three classes, one-
third of whom shall go out of office every two years; and the
Governor shall have the power, in case of any vacancy occur-