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(5) He shall have power at any stage of the proceedings in the case of a
minor who is charged with the commission of any crime or whose care,
commitment or custody is involved before said courts or magistrates to
suspend sentence, final judgment or further proceedings for such period of
time or for an indefinite period of time as may be deemed necessary, and
place said minor on probation in the care of and under the supervision and
direction of one or more of the probation officers hereinafter provided for;
and at the time of suspension of sentence or further proceedings, or subse-
quent thereto, the said court or magistrate may impose such terms and
conditions as may be deemed proper and necessary. Any minor placed on
probation is deemed a probationer. (6) He shall have power to place any
minor who may be on probation as herein provided for in the custody of
such person or persons for such period of time as may be deemed for the
best interest and welfare of said minor if it shall appear that the present
custodian or parent is not a fit person to have the custody of such minor,
or that it would be conducive to the best interests of such minor to have
a change of custodian. (7) He may cause any person under the age of
sixteen (16), coming under his jurisdiction to be examined by a physician,
psychiatrist or psychologist selected by him. (8) He shall maintain com-
plete records of the cases brought before him. All such records having
to do with minors under the age of sixteen (16) shall be exempt from
indiscriminate public inspection but shall be open to inspection by the
parents or other authorized representatives of the person concerned and in
the discretion of the court by any other person having a legitimate interest
therein.

1931, ch. 323, sec. 82.

84. Whenever any minor under sixteen (16) years of age is arrested
he or she shall be taken to such place other than a county jail as may
be designated by the respective magistrates for juvenile causes for each
county, until brought before the magistrate for hearing; and when such
magistrates shall commit any minor for trial or for hearing he shall com-
mit such minor to a suitable juvenile institution or other suitable place
of detention instead of the county jail.

1931, ch. 323, sec. 83.

85. Any resident of each of the several counties or the agent or any
society incorporated under the laws of the State for the care and protec-
tion of children may file with the juvenile magistrate of said county, a
petition in writing and under oath, setting forth that a certain child or
children, naming the same, if the name or names be known, and also nam-
ing the parent or parents of said child or children if there be parent or
parents known to the petitioner, or the name of the custodian of said child
or children if there be such custodian known to the petitioner, and the place
or places of residence of each child or children, their parents or other
custodian where known to the petitioner, is or are delinquent, dependent
or neglected and that it is for the interest of said child or children and the
State of Maryland that it or they be taken from its or their parent or
parents, guardian or custodian or place of residence and placed under the
jurisdiction of the magistrate sitting in juvenile causes together with such
other pertinent facts, if any, as the petitioner may think proper to state.
The magistrate shall file and preserve such petitions and all papers relating
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