PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 891

Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Vagrant,
Dependent and Vicious Children," as amended by Chapter 263
of the Acts of 1906, be, and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

886A. The supreme bench of Baltimore City shall appoint
five persons of either sex to serve during its pleasure, who shall
be known as "Probation Officers for Delinquent and Dependent
Children," each of said persons shall receive from the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore a salary of twelve hundred dol-
lars per annum payable monthly. The said probation officers
herein provided for are officers of the court presided over by
the magistrate for juvenile causes provided for by section 623A
of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws, and shall be at
times subject to the orders and directions and shall be under
the supervision of said magistrate. They are also deemed
officers of the various courts presided over by the judges of the
supreme bench of Baltimore City and when acting or perform-
ing functions for such courts are subject to their orders and
directions. In the execution of their office they are vested with,
all the priviledges and authority of conservators of the peace.
The supreme bench may also appoint from time to time addi-
tional probational officers for delinquent and dependent chil-
dren in such number as may be deemed necessary, to serve
without pay during the pleasure of said court. Such additional
probational officers are subject to the same orders and direc-
tions, are under the same supervision and are vested with the
same authority as are the regularly appointed paid probational
officers herein provided for.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 886B of Article 4 of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Vagrant,
Dependent and Vicious Children," as amended by Chapter 514
of the Acts of 1904, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

886s. In any proceeding before any of the courts of the
supreme bench of Baltimore City or before the magistrate for
juvenile causes, involving a hearing, trial, detention, custody or
commitment, of any minor one or more of the probation officers
provided for by section 1 of this article and designated by
the court or magistrate aforesaid before whom such proceedings
are had, shall make such investigation and make return thereof
as may be required by said court or magistrate aforesaid and
shall execute such further orders and directions as said court
or magistrate may from time to time require. At any stage