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said child, in default of such, security, said accused person shall
be committed to the custody of the sheriff until such bond is
given or until final judgment is rendered by said Court, in
case the bond provided for by this section shall be forfeited, the
Court may from time to time direct that the proceeds thereof
be applied for the maintenance and support of said bastard
child.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That at the hearing before said
justice of the peace, it shall be his duty to take down and reduce
to writing the testimony of the woman making complaint,
together with the cross-examination of said woman by the
accused, or his attorney, which testimony shall be signed and
sworn to by said woman, and he shall transmit the same with
the original papers in the case to the Circuit Court of the county
or to the Criminal Court of the City of Baltimore, as the case
may be, and such testimony shall be admitted in evidence at
the trial of the accused person under section 5 of this act, if
said accusing witness should die prior to the time of such trial.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That immediately upon the pas-
sage of said order, said justice of the peace shall transmit the
original papers and a transcript of the proceedings had before
him to said Circuit Court or the Criminal Court of the City of
Baltimore, as the case may be, and thereupon, but not before
said woman shall have been delivered, the same proceedings
shall be had as in other criminal cases, and if the accused per-
son shall be found guilty by the verdict of a jury, or by the
Court, if the case be tried before the Court, the Court shall
immediately order such person to give bond to the State of
Maryland in a penalty not exceeding $500, with good and suffi-
cient securities conditioned to pay for the maintenance and
support of said child, to the mother, or to the person having
said child in custody, or to the county or to the City of Balti-
more, as the case may be, if said child be a public charge, until
said child reaches the age of twelve years, or during the life
of such child if said child die before reaching the age of twelve
years, such sum, not exceeding $15 per month, as the Court
shall by order direct, due regard being had to the circumstances
of such accused person, and further to pay the whole or such
part of the expenses incurred by the said mother during her
confinement as the Court may direct and to pay the reasonable
funeral expenses of said child if he or she shall die under the
age of twelve years in default of such bond he shall be com-
mitted to jail or the House of Correction until said bond be
given, but not exceeding two years.