1648 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 843.

AN ACT to establish a Maryland State Training School for Girls
and making appropriations therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That there shall be established in this State an institution
known as "The Maryland State Training School for Girls."
The Maryland State Training School for» Girls is hereby de-
clared to be a body politic and corporate, and by that name and
style, shall have perpetual succession, with the power to have
a common seal and to change the same at pleasure; to make con-
tracts relative to said institution, and to sue and to be sued, and
by that name and style shall be capable of purchasing, taking,
holding and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use
of said corporation, but all properties so acquired or the pro-
ceeds thereof, shall belong to the State of Maryland, and shall
be held in trust for said State.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Maryland State
Training School for Girls shall be under the management and
control of a Board of nine Directors appointed by the Governor.
The Board shall always be non-partisan and non-sectarian.
The number of women Directors shall never be less than five.
Three of the Directors shall retire every two years. All vacan-
cies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.
The Governor shall have power to remove any Director at any
time for cause, upon giving to such Director a copy of the
charges against him or her and an opportunity of being heard
in his or her defense. Upon organization, the Board shall select
by lot three of its members who shall retire at the end of two
years; three of its members who shall retire at the end of four
years and three who shall retire at the end of six years.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Directors
shall receive no compensation for their services, but their neces-
sary traveling and other expenses incurred in attending meet-
ings of the Board of Directors or other business of the School
shall be paid.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That upon their appoint-
ment, the said Board shall convene and organize first by elect-
ing from their number a President, a Secretary and a Treas-
urer, who shall perform the duties ordinarily performed by such
officers and shall serve for a term of two years or until their
successors have been appointed, and second by passing such by-