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son for the commission of any act for which such person might be proceeded
against as herein provided. Upon the hearing of any case herein the Court
in its discretion may order the proceedings herein to be dismissed and
direct the State's Attorney for Baltimore City, or the County, as the case
may be, to take any and all needful steps to prosecute such person in ac-
cordance with the laws of the State concerning the commission of crimes.

An. Code, sec. 71. 1916, ch. 674, sec. 9.

71. 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 in addition
to or in lieu of the passage of the order or orders hereinbefore provided
for impose a fine not exceeding $500 in the discretion of the Court or may
sentence such person to imprisonment in the House of Correction not ex-
ceeding two years or both such fine and imprisonment.

An. Code, sec. 72. 1916, ch. 674, sec. 10.

72. The Magistrate for Juvenile Causes in Baltimore City shall have
jurisdiction in all cases of preliminary hearing of persons charged with
offences under the preceding Sections of this sub-title, and concurrent
jurisdiction with the Courts upon waiver of a jury trial by the accused to
hear, try, and determine the case. Upon conviction or submission for
sentence, the Magistrate may pass sentence or make an order or orders to
take a bond as provided in the preceding Sections. If the Magistrate is
satisfied, by information and due proof under oath, at any time during
the year that the defendant has violated the terms of the order, he may
issue his warrant for the apprehension of the defendant and forthwith pro-
ceed to sentence. In the event of violation of the recognizance, it may be
forfeited and transmitted with a memorandum of the forfeiture to the
Court of Criminal Jurisdiction to be filed among its records and enforced
as recognizances therein taken and forfeited, the Court being also empow-
ered to apply the proceeds upon collection as provided in the preceding
Sections. Upon the imposition of a fine by the Magistrate he may also dis-
pose thereof for the benefit of wife or child or children as in the preceding
Sections provided. After vacation of office by death, removal, expiration
of term, or otherwise, of the Magistrate who has passed an order upon con-
viction or submission, if there be a violation thereof, the succeeding Magis-
trate for Juvenile Causes in the City of Baltimore may issue process and
proceed in all respects in regard to the defendant as the Magistrate who
heard the case might do.

An. Code, sec. 73. 1916, ch. 674, sec. 11.

73. If any Section of this sub-title shall be held to be invalid, such
fact shall not affect any other Section of this sub-title; it being the inten-
tion of the General Assembly in enacting this sub-title to enact each Sec-
tion separately; and if any proviso or exception contained in any Section
of this sub-title shall be held to be invalid, such fact shall not affect the