1837.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 147.

Tyler, Ruth D. Swearingen, Fanny McPherson, Har-
riet McPherson, Maria Birely, and Susan B. Hanson,
shall be managers of said society; and the said mana-

Vacancies.

gers, and those elected hereafter as aforesaid, or a
majority of them, shall have power to fill all vacan-
cies in their own board, and in the hoard of trustees
incorporated as aforesaid, so as to continue the succes-

Members.

sion of the said trustees; to elect a president, a trea-
surer and such other officers of said society as they

Regulate elec-
tions.

may deem necessary; to provide for and regulate the
election or other admission of members, the condition
and evidence of membership, the right and manner of
voting at elections of managers, appoint judges of
such elections, and the time, place and manner of

Relative to
funds.

holding them; to provide for the receipt and collection
of donations, contributions or other funds; to provide
for the distribution or other application of all proper-
ty, effects and funds which they or the said trustees
shall receive or obtain to the payment of all necessary

General pow-
ers.

expenses which they shall incur; and generally to do
all such lawful acts and pass all such by-laws as shall
be necessary to the exercise of the powers vested in
them by this act, and to effect the benevolent object of
their association.

Bind out or-
phans.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the trustees, or any
two of them, when requested by the board of mana-
gers, he, and they are hereby authorised and empow-
ered to bind out the orphans under their charge, till
they shall attain the age of eighteen years, or be
married.

Wages over 14
years.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of said trustees, in binding out said children, to re-
quire wages for their services after they attain the age
of sixteen years, to be paid over to the said orphans
when they shall be respectively entitled to their dis-
charge from service; provided, that nothing be consi-
dered as abridging the security afforded to "such per-
sons by the laws concerning apprentices.

Feme sole.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That any married wo-
man contributing to said society, according to the by-
laws thereof, shall have and enjoy all the rights of
voting and acting as members and officers of said so-
ciety, as if she were a feme sole.