ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  921

meeting of the Board, which shall be held promptly after their
appointment by the Governor, the said Board shall elect from
its members a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and
the said officers shall serve in such capacities until July 1st,
1932, and their successors shall be elected for terms of one
year. Before any person shall act as Treasurer of said Board,
such person shall be required to execute a bond to the State
with security to be approved by the Board in the penalty of
ten thousand dollars ($10, 000), conditioned for the faithful
performance of the duties required of such Treasurer by the
laws of this State and the rules and regulations that may be
adopted from time to time by the Board of Managers of said
institution.

660C. The Board of Managers of the Maryland Training
School for Colored Girls shall have a seal which shall bear the
inscription "The Maryland Training School for Colored Girls,.
1931. " The said Board shall have power to make any and all
contracts relative to said institution; to sue and be sued; to
make rules and regulations for the government of said institu-
tion, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, which they
may deem necessary and proper for the public welfare and the
best interests of said institution and its inmates, and to ac-
quire by purchase, gift, devise, legacy or otherwise, any prop-
erty, real, personal or mixed, for the use of said institution,
but all properties so acquired, or the proceeds thereof, shall
belong to the State of Maryland, and shall be held in trust for
said State. Promptly after the appointment of the: original
Board of Managers, the said Board shall cause to be prepared,
plans for suitable buildings to be erected upon a site to be
selected by said Board, with the approval of the Governor, and
as soon as the funds are available as provided by the General
Construction Loan Bill, or otherwise, the said Board shall pro-
ceed with the erection of suitable buildings, provided, however,
that no contract for the acquisition of a suitable site, or the
erection of suitable buildings thereon, shall be entered into
by the Board until the said contracts have been approved by
the Board of Public Works.

The said Board of Managers shall appoint a Superintendent
and such other employees as may be necessary for the efficient
conduct of said institution, and such Superintendent and other
employees shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by
the Board, with the approval of the Governor, until the Budget