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as in other criminal cases, for such action as it may deem proper, instead
of proceeding by way of information.

1939, ch. 675, sec. 93.

100. The State's Attorney may, for the purpose of facilitating the
handling of such cases, issue subpoenas and summonses requiring the per-
sonal attendance of any person, firm, corporation or association, other than
the accused child, to give testimony in connection with such examination or
inquiry, or requiring the production of any and all documentary matter
in connection with such examination or inquiry. The State's Attorney
may also administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses and receive
evidence. In case of disobedience to a subpoena or summons, or the con-
tumacy of a witness appearing before him, the State's Attorney may invoke
the aid of the Circuit Court of the County or the Criminal Court of the
City of Baltimore, as the case may be; and the Court may thereupon issue
an order requiring the person, firm, corporation or association, to obey the
subpoena or summons and to give testimony and to produce any and all
documentary matter deemed necessary by said Court for such investigation
or inquiry. In case any person, firm, corporation or association refuse to
obey such an order of the Court after the same has been served on the
witness, such person, firm, corporation or association shall be deemed in
contempt of Court and shall be punished therefor, subject to the right to
appeal as now provided or hereafter regulated.

1939, ch. 675, sec. 93A.

101. The child accused or about to be accused of non-support by an
information filed by a State's Attorney shall be notified by the State's
Attorney in writing of: (1) the time and place of hearing in the examina-
tion or inquiry, (2) the right of such child to appear at such hearings and
to produce such evidence or information touching upon said investigation
as he may desire, and (3) the right of such child to testify in his own behalf
before the State's Attorney, provided he notifies the State's Attorney of his
desire to do so and signs a written waiver to the effect that any testimony
which he may give may be used against him in the event that he is tried
on any information or indictment that may be brought against him.

1939, ch. 675, sec. 93B.

102. Whenever a child accused of non-support, after proceedings before
a State's Attorney, shall consent thereto in writing, or whenever upon
failure to give such consent such child shall be found guilty, the Court shall
issue an order directing such child:

(1) to pay for the maintenance and support of said parent, or to pay
an equal sum to the County or to the City of Baltimore, as the case may be,
if said parent be a public charge, during the life of said parent or until the
parent is possessed of other means of adequate support. The sum to be paid
may be agreed upon, if consent proceedings be had, or in the absence of
agreement, such sum as the court may fix, with due regard to the circum-
stances of the accused child, and

(2) to give bond to the State of Maryland in such penalty as the court
may fix, with good and sufficient securities, conditioned on making the
payments required by the Court's order, or any amendments thereof. Fail-
ure to give such bond shall be punished by commitment in the jail or the
House of Correction until said bond be given, but not exceeding one year.