COURTS. 949

An. Code, sec. 64. 1916, ch. 674, sec, 2.

64. Any reputable person being a resident of the State of Maryland,
having knowledge of a child in any County of said State or the City of
Baltimore, who appears to be a minor without proper care or guardian-
ship, and who is not an inmate of a State institution, or any institution,
incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland for the care and
correction of children, or of any reform school or industrial school for
juvenile offenders, and having knowledge of the person or persons respon-
sible for or contributing to the condition of said child, may file with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County, or of the Criminal Court of
Baltimore City, or with the Magistrate for Juvenile Causes in Baltimore
City, a petition in writing, setting forth the facts verified by affidavit; or
the judge of the Circuit Court for the County in which the child resides
or of the Criminal Court of Baltimore City or the Magistrate for Juvenile
Causes for Baltimore City, should the child reside in said City of Balti-
more, on his personal knowledge, or on information given him may direct
such petition to be filed by a duly appointed probation officer, or by the
State's Attorney for the County. The petition shall set forth the name and
residence of the child, and of its parents or guardians, or other persons
having the custody, control or supervision of such child, and of the person
or persons responsible for or contributing to the condition of such child;
and that the child is a minor without proper care or guardianship, and it
shall be sufficient that the affidavit to the facts set forth in the petition is
on information and belief.

Upon the filing of the petition a summons shall issue requiring all per-.
sons named in the petition to appear at a place and time stated in the
summons which time shall not be less than twenty-four hours after service.
Such summons may be served by the sheriff or constable, or police officer,
or a probation officer. If the person summoned shall fail to appear, the
Court may issue an attachment for such person's personal attendance in
court at the time to be stated therein, and upon the execution of the attach-
ment such person may give bond for his appearance at the time stated
therein in such sum as the Court may direct. If it shall be made to appear
by affidavit, that there are good reasons to believe, that any person pro-
ceeded against under this sub-title will leave the jurisdiction of the Court
before the day set for the trial of the proceedings herein, the Court may
cause a warrant to issue directed to the sheriff or an officer authorized by
law to serve a warrant commanding such officer to take the person named
therein, and bring him forthwith before the Court, or the judge thereof,
and the Court or Judge thereof, may thereupon require such person to
give bond for his appearance at the time named for trial, or may make
such interlocutory orders as are proper in the premises.

An. Code, sec. 65. 1916, ch. 674, sec. 3.

65. If upon the hearing of the matter, the Court is satisfied that the
person proceeded against is responsible for, or has contributed to the con-
dition of the minor without proper care or guardianship named in the
petition, as defined under the laws of this State, the Court may enter a
judgment determining such facts, and requiring such person to do, or omit