" Children of the like age who may be transferred, at the option of the Commissioners of Public Charity and Correction of the city of New York, to such corporation.

" The Society has i)ower to place the children in their care at suitable employments, and cause them to be instructed in suitable bnmclies of useful knowledge, to bind out the children, with their consent, as apprentices or servants during minority or any less period, to learn such proper tradei and cinployinent'* as shall be judged nuwt coudui'ive to

their future beneflt and advantage ; and any pereon to whom any such child shall he bound sliall execute a Ixinil to the saiil corporation in a sufficient pi nal ainouni, conditioned for the go<Ml treatment of such child, and to instruct, or cause to have him or her instructed, in reading, writing and arithmetic, and to give such child, at the expiration of his or her apprenticeship, at least one new suit of clothes and five dollars in money, and the said corporation may insert in the indentures of apprenticeship such clauses and agreements as the poor officers, authorized to bind out children, iirc empoweml or required to insert in like indentures.

'■Children intrusted to the corporation by the voluntary act of their |)arents or guardians shall be deemed to bo in the lawful charge and custody of said corporation ; and such intrusting shall be evidenced by writing in form.

• Whenever any child above the age of seven and under the age of fourteen years shall be brought by any policeman of the city of New York before any magistrate of said city, upon the allegation that such child was found In any way, street, highway or public place in said city, in the circumstances of want and suffering, or abundoinnent, exposure or neglect or of beggary, . . . and it shall Ixt proved to the satisfaction of such magistrate . . . by competent testimony, or by the examination of the child, that by reason of the neghict or vicious habits of the [mrents, or other lawful guardian of such child, it is a proper object for the care of this corporation, su<rh magistrate, . . . by warrant in writing under his hand, may commit such child to this corporation, to be and remain uuder its care until therefrom discharged in numner prescribed by law. . . .