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same manner as if it had been taken and forfeited by the court. If the
magistrate be 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 shall forthwith commit or bail the defendant for the action of the grand
jury, as in other cases.

An. Code, sec. 77. 1908, ch. 694.

89. When any person shall have been convicted under the two preceding
sections, or either of them, and sentenced to imprisonment in the Mary-
land House of Correction, the court passing sentence upon such persons
may in its discretion pass an order directing the board of managers of the
said House of Correction to allot and pay over to the wife, minor child
or minor children, or to such person or persons on behalf of said wife,
minor child or minor children as the court in its said order may direct;
the whole or such part as the court may specify of the earnings of the labor
of such persons so sentenced, which the said board of managers under the
provisions of section 536 1 of this article otherwise would or might allot and
pay to such persons so sentenced at the time of his release; provided, that
the said court in its order may likewise direct and specify the time or times
when such allotment and payment shall be made, and whether the same shall
be paid weekly, monthly or otherwise; and provided further, that the court
in its discretion may modify, amend or rescind such order in whole or part
at any time during the continuance of any sentence.

An. Code, sec. 78. 1910, ch. 683 (p. 86).

90. Any person having the care, custody or possession of any child
under the age of three years, who shall desert or abandon such child with the
intent that it shall become a public charge, or without making provision for
its proper support and maintenance for a period of at least three years with
some responsible person or institution duly authorized to take and care for
infants, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars or be imprisoned in jail or
in the House of Correction for a period not exceeding one year.

Destitute Parents.

An. Code, sec. 78A. 1916, ch. 637, sec. 78A.

91. Any adult person, a resident of this State, having a parent or
parents within this State, such parent or parents being destitute of means
of subsistence and unable either by reason of old age, infirmity or illness
to support himself or herself, who is possessed of or able to earn means
sufficient to provide such parent or parents with necessary shelter, food,
care and clothing, and neglects or refuses so to do, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction in
any Court of the State having original jurisdiction, shall be punished
by fine not exceeding $500.00 or imprisonment in the Maryland House

1 This reference was to An. Code of 1912. Sec. 536 of that Code was repealed by act,
1916, ch. 556—Board of Welfare (sec. 661) now exercises these powers.