896

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 514.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections

886A and 886B of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local

Laws, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Vagrant, De-

pendent and Vicious Children," as enacted by Act of 1902,

Chapter 611.

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Vagrant an.l

land, That Sections 886A and 886B of Article 4 of the Code of

vicious chil-
dren.

Public Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Vagrant,

Dependent and Vicious Children," as enacted by the Act of 1902,

Chapter 611, be and the same are hereby repealed and re-

enacted with amendments so as to read as follows :

886A. The Supreme Bench of Baltimore City has authority

Probation of-

to appoint and at pleasure remove, in such number as said court

ficers.

shall from time to time deem advisable, persons of either sex,

of intelligence and probity, to serve during its pleasure as

probation officers, three of whom shall be designated by said

court as paid probation officers, and shall each receive from the

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore a salary of twelve hun-

dred dollars per annum, payable monthly: the others to serve

without compensation from the city or State; the probation

officers are deemed officers of the various courts presided

over by the Judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City,

exercising functions under the authority and direction of such

courts, and in the execution of their office are vested with the

privileges and authority of conservators of the peace.

886B. In any proceeding before any of said courts or before

Duties of pro-

the magistrate for juvenile causes, involving the detention, cus-

bation officers

tody or commitment of any minor, one or more of the probation

officers designated by the court or magistrate shall make such

investigation as may be required by the court or magistrate,

and execute such orders or directions of the court or magis-

trate as may be given them ; at any stage of proceedings in the

case of a minor who is charged with crime or whose care and

custody is involved, the court or magistrate may suspend fur-

ther action and place such minor in the care and custody of a

probation officer for such time and upon such terms and con-