670 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 471]

CHAPTER 471.

AN ACT to amend Article 1 of the Public Local Laws of the
State of Maryland, title "Allegany County," sub-title "Jus-
tices of the Peace," by adding thereto certain sections to
follow section 184, and to be known as section 184A, 184B
and 184C.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Public Local Laws of Maryland, Article 1, title
"Allegany County," sub-title "Justices of the Peace," be and
the same are hereby amended by adding thereto the following
sections:

SEC. 184A. In addition to the justices of the peace herein-
before mentioned there shall be appointed by the Governor by
and with the consent of the Senate, and if the Senate shall
not be in session, by the Governor, for Allegany county at large,
an additional justice of the peace, to be known as the magis-
trate for juvenile cases, who shall be a member of the bar of
the Circuit Court for Allegany County, and shall receive a
salary of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) per annum, payable
monthly, one-half by the County Commissioners for said county,
and the other half by the Mayor and City Council of Cumber-
land, and the jurisdiction and powers of such justice shall be as
follows: (1) He shall possess the general powers of justice of
the peace and of justice of the peace selected to sit at the sta-
tion-house in the City of Cumberland, as the same are now or
may hereafter be defined; (2) he shall have full power and
jurisdiction over and with respect to delinquent, neglected and
dependent minors under the age of sixteen years, and of any
person causing, encouraging or contributing towards delin-
quency, neglect or dependency of any such minor; (3) he shall
have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases of trial or commitment
for trial, or commitment to any juvenile institution of any
minor under the age of sixteen years, where jurisdiction is
given by law of any justice of the peace, and such magistrate
shall sit at such times as may be necessary for the proper dis-
charge of his duties; (4) such magistrate is empowered to
appoint a suitable person to act as his clerk, who may be a
woman and shall receive one-half from the County Commis-
sioners of said county and the other half from the Mayor and
City Council of Cumberland a salary of six hundred dollars
($600) per annum, payable monthly, and who shall attend at
such times and places and perform such duties as may be
directed by said magistrate and who shall be removable by said