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4870 ARTICLE 22.

agency, society or institution for such reasons as he may determine suffi-

cient.

(d) Impose a legal fine and, in default of payment, commit or place

on probation as herein provided.

(e) Continue the proceeding and place the child in its own home or
in the custody of a relative or other suitable person, or duly authorized
association, agency, society or institution for a certain designated period
subject to the orders of the said Magistrate for Juvenile Cases.

(f) Render such other and further judgment as the said Magistrate
for Juvenile Cases may deem just and required by law.

1924, ch. 36, sec. 272F. 1929, ch. 378, sec. 272F.

563. Whenever a child over the age of 14 years is brought before the
said Magistrate for Juvenile Cases, upon a petition alleging delinquency,
and the conduct alleged in the petition would constitute a capital or other-
wise infamous crime; the said Magistrate for Juvenile Cases may waive
jurisdiction after investigation and then proceed in like manner as Justice

of the Peace, may now or hereafter, be authorized to proceed in like Crim-
inal Cases, where the defendant is an adult, if such action shall appear
to be in the public interest or for the welfare of the child; provided, how-
ever, that whenever a child over 15 years of age is brought before the said
Magistrate for Juvenile Cases for conduct which would constitute a capi-
tal or otherwise infamous offense, upon application of the State's Attorney
for Washington County and with the approval of a Judge of the Fourth
Judicial Circuit of this State, the said Magistrate for Juvenile Cases
shall cease to have jurisdiction and shall proceed in like manner as Jus-
tice of the Peace, may now or hereafter, be authorized to proceed in like

criminal cases, where the defendant is an adult.

1924, oh. 36, sec. 272G.

564. Whenever any child is so committed to any person, home, agency
or institution, it shall be the duty of such person, home, agency or institu-
tion to report to said Magistrate the condition and progress of such child;
and such guardian shall exercise proper care for the schooling and train-
ing of such child, and make report to said Magistrate as often as directed
by the order of appointment; and if any child so placed with any person,
home, agency or institution, sh'all leave or quit the same before attaining
adult age, and without leave of said Magistrate, he or she shall be appre-
hended and brought, before said Magistrate, and said Magistrate shall
award the custody of said child as said Magistrate may determin to be
best for the interest of said child and the community. All orders of the
Magistrate shall be noted in the docket provided for by this Act, and the

originals carefully preserved by the clerk in said Magistrate's office, and
a duplicate copy of such orders shall be made and presented to the cus-
todian so appointed.

1924, ch. 36, sec. 272H.

565. In any proceeding begun by petition under this Act, wherein the
parent or parents or other person charged by law with the support of any

 

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