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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.
See notes to sec. 89.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 90. 1912, sec. 78. 1910, ch. 683 (p. 86).

97. 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, 1924, sec. 91. 1912, sec. 78A. 1916, ch. 637, sec. 78A. 1939, ch. 675, sec. 91.

98. 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 of Correc-
tion for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

1939, ch. 675, sec. 92.

99. Whenever any parent destitute of means of subsistence and unable
either by reason of old age, infirmity or illness to support himself or herself
shall, in writing under oath filed with a State's Attorney (the term State's
Attorney as, used in this sub-title includes Deputy State's Attorney or
Assistant, State's Attorney acting under authority given by the State's
Attorney) accuse his or her adult child of being possessed of or able to earn
means sufficient to provide such parent with necessary shelter, food, care
and clothing and has failed to do so, the State's Attorney may require wit-
nesses other than the child accused to appear before him for such examina-
tion of witnesses as may be deemed in the public interest. After such
examination or. inquiry the State's Attorney may file an information in
the Circuit Court of the county or the Criminal Court of Baltimore City,
as the case may be, against the accused child charging him with the offense
of non-support.

Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the State's. Attorney, if
he sees fit, from submitting any such non-support case to the grand jury,

1 This reference was to An. C9de of 1912. Sec. 536 of that Code was repealed by act,
1916, ch: 556—Board of Correction (sec. 743) now exercises these powers.