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•4872 ARTICLE 22.
to be under the supervision and control of -a matron, who shall reside in
said House of Detention, and who shall be appointed by said Magistrate
and said County Commissioners, the cost of the maintenance of the same
to be paid by the County Commissioners, all food, clothing and supplies to
be subject to the approval of the said Magistrate and the County Com-
missioners of Washington County.
1934, ch. 36, sec. 272L.
569. All process, orders and directions issued by said Justice while
sitting as the Magistrate for Juvenile Cases may be directed to the Sheriff
of Washington County, and he shall receive the same fees for serving such
process, orders and directions as he now receives for serving papers of
similar character. The Mayor and Council of Hagerstown shall designate
one or more members of the police force of said Hagerstown to attend
such Magistrate and execute his process, orders and directions within the
corporate limits of the City of Hagerstown. The probation officer pro-
vided for by this Act may also execute such process, orders and directions
within the corporate; limits of Hagerstown or elsewhere, and shall do so
when directed by said Magistrate.
1924, oh. 36, sec. 272M.
570. Any person causing, encouraging or contributing towards the
delinquency or dependency of any minor as hereinbefore defined, or any
person charged by law with the care and support or maintenance of any
such minor and who wilfully fails, neglects or refuses to care for, support
or maintain said minor, or who abandons said minor, or any person who
shall advise or encourage any child to leave the person, home, school or
institution to which such child shall have been committed by said Magis-
trate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction of
pleading guilty thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred ($500)
dollars or imprisoned in the Maryland House of Correction for a term not
exceeding two (2) years, or be both fined or* imprisoned in the discretion
of the said Magistrate or Court trying such offense; and each day of such
failure, neglect or refusal shall constitute a separate offense; provided,
however, that the accused may demand a jury trial and be committed or
bailed pending the same. Any person pleading guilty, or tried, convicted
and sentenced under this Act for the abandonment of, or for the neglect
of, or failure to maintain or support a minor, may be sentenced as here-
inbefore stated, or may, in lieu thereof, be paroled on such terms as said
Magistrate, (or as the Circuit Court for said county, if the case be before
said Court) may deem proper, the performance of said terms to be secured
by the detention of the offender or by recognizance entered into by or on
his or her behalf, as said Magistrate or said Court may adjudge.
1924, ch. 36, sec. 272N.
571. The salary provided for said Magistrate in Section 558 of this
subtitle, shall be the only salary or fee to be paid to said Magistrate or
*"And" evidently intended.
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