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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, 1924, sec. 72. 1912, sec. 72. 1916, ch. 674, sec. 10. 1931, ch. 323, sec. 72.

58. The Magistrate for Juvenile Causes in Baltimore City, or any
county, shall have jurisdiction in all cases of preliminary hearing of
persons charged with offenses 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 proceed 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 empowered to apply the proceeds upon collection as pro-
vided in the preceding sections. Upon the imposition of a fine by the
magistrate he may also dispose 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 conviction or submission, if there be a
violation thereof, the succeeding Magistrate for Juvenile Causes in the
City of Baltimore or any county, may issue process and proceed in all
respects in regard to the defendant as the magistrate who heard the case
might do.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 73. 1912, sec. 73. 1916, ch. 674, sec. 11.

59. 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
remaining portion of such Section; it being the intention of the General
Assembly to enact each Section of this sub-title, and each proviso and
exception thereto separately.

Judicial Council.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 74. 1924, ch. 549, sec. 74.

60. There shall be a "Judicial Council," consisting of nine members,
for the continuous study of the organization, operation, rules, and methods
of procedure and practice of the Judicial System of the State of Mary-
land ; the work accomplished and the results produced by that system and
its various parts. The terms of office of the members of the Council first
appointed shall be three years, and until their successors shall be ap-
pointed and qualified, and thereafter the terms of office shall be two years
and until the appointment and qualification of their successors. All the