306 ARTICLE 26.

City, shall be eleven thousand and five hundred dollars per annum; the
salary of each of the several judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City shall be six thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars per an-
num and in addition to the salaries paid to the Judges of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City as herein provided there shall be refunded an-
nually to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City such sum, not in
excess of one thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars as it, acting
under the authority conferred by Article 4, Section 31-A, of the Constitu-
tion of Maryland may add to the salary paid to each Judge of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City as herein provided; the salary of each Associate
Judge of the first seven Judicial Circuits shall be eighty-five hundred
dollars per annum; all the salaries herein provided for shall be payable
monthly.

Dependent and Delinquent Children.

47-62. Repealed by ch. 323 of the Acts of 1931.

Minors Without Proper Care or Guardianship.

An Code. 1924, sec. 64 1912, sec. 64. 1916, ch. 674, sec 1. 1931, ch. 323, sec. 64.

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 guardianship,
and who is not an inmate of a State institution, or any institution incor-
porated under the laws of the State of Maryland for the care and correc-
tion of children, or of any reform school or industrial school for juvenile
offenders, and having knowledge of the person or persons responsible 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, or any
county, 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, or for any of the respective counties 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 infor-
mation 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.