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shall have charge of the docket hereinbefore provided for, and
shall be present whenever the Court or Judge may sit for hear-
ing cases under the provisions of this Act, and make all proper
entries in said docket. That said Court or Judge shall have
the power to direct the Clerk to have printed such forms of
petitions, orders and papers as the Court may deem requisite
for the proper and convenient discharge of its duties under
this Act, the cost of such printing to be paid for by the County
Commissioners of Baltimore County, and to be charged to the
item of Court Expenses.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the Circuit Court for Balti-
more County, or the Judge designated by the Court for the
purpose of hearing cases under the provisions of this Act, shall
appoint one or more probation officers, who may be either male
or female, who shall be paid a salary not exceeding that paid to
a patrolman on the Police Force of said Baltimore County, in
monthly installments by the County Commissioners of Balti-
more County. It shall be the duty of such probation officer or
officers to inform himself or themselves when any child is to be
brought intp Court, and to make investigations of all such
cases, to be present in Court to represent the interest of the
child when the case is heard, and to furnish the Clerk such
information and assistance as the Court or Judge may require,
and tp take charge of such child before pr after the trial as the
Court may direct, and whenever such probation officer shall
have knowledge of any dependent, neglected or delinquent
child, it shall be the duty of such officer to bring the same to
the attention of the Court or the Judge by petition, as herein-
before provide.

In addition to the salary above provided for such probation
officer, he or she, shall be allowed for all actual traveling ex-
penses when in the discharge of duties imposed by order of the
Court or Judge, to be paid by the County Commissioners upon
the approval and order of such Court pr Judge.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That if upon a hearing and in-
vestigation, the Court or Judge shall find any male child under
twenty years of age, pr any female child under the age of
eighteen, to be dependent, neglected or delinquent within the
meaning of this Act, liberally construed, the Court or Judge
may allow such child to remain at its home, subject to the super-
vision of the probation officer, and may require such child to
report to the Court or probation officer at such times as the
Court pr Judge shall order. Or if the Court shall then or there-