MISCELLANEOUS BILLS. 393
CHAPTER 302.
AN ACT to change the name of The Female House of Refuge
to the name of The Maryland Industrial School for Girls,
and otherwise to amend the charter of said institution.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the name of The Female House of Refuge be and the
same is hereby changed to the name of The Maryland Indus-
trial School for Girls, which is hereby fixed and established in
perpetuity as the corporate name of said institution.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all legacies now existing
or hereafter given by persons dying, after the date of this Act,
and all appropriations made, or hereafter to be made, by the
General Assembly of Maryland, or by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, and intended for this institution, but
given or made by its former name of The Female House of
Refuge, instead of its name, as fixed by this Act, shall remain
and inure to the benefit of The Maryland Industrial School for
Girls.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Act of 1870, Chapter
391, Section 3, being an amendment to the charter of said
institution, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the follow-
ing is hereby enacted as a substitute for said section:
SEC. 4. That the affairs of the said institution shall be
managed by thirty directors, fifteen of whom shall be chosen
annually by the members on the second Monday in January,
and five of whom shall be appointed annually in the month of
January, by the Mayor of the City of Baltimore, with the
advice and consent of the Council of said city, and ten of
whom to be severally resident of some county in this State,
shall be appointed biennially in the month of January, by the
Governor of the State, with the advice and consent of the
Senate. And in case of failure to appoint or elect at the times
hereinbefore mentioned, they shall be appointed or elected as
soon thereafter as possible, and a special meeting of the mem-
bers may be called by the directors at any time after such fail-
ure for the purpose of a special election of them, and in all
cases the directors shall hold office until their successors are
appointed or elected; and seven of said directors shall consti-
tute a quorum, but vacancies shall be filled by the concurrent
vote of not less than ten directors.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 7, 1910.
|
|