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to such petition and docket such case, wherein the petitioner shall be
named the plaintiff and the child or children, its or their parent or parents,
guardian or custodian when named shall be made defendant in such case.
It shall be the duty of said magistrate to pass an order requiring the sheriff
or some constable of said county, or one of the probation officers herein-
after named, to serve a summons upon all parties named in said proceed-
ings as defendants, to be and appear before said magistrate, at the hour
and upon the day therein named, and the magistrate may, in his discre-
tion, adopt all necessary means to have the body of the child named in the
proceedings brought before said magistrate at any designated time.

1931, ch. 323, sec. 84.

86. The magistrates for juvenile causes of the several counties shall
each conduct their hearings in an informal manner and may adjourn the
hearings from time to time. Each hearing shall be held in private with
only interested parties and such other persons who may have a legitimate
interest in the proceedings present, in the discretion of the presiding magis-
trate for juvenile causes.

1931, ch. 323, sec. 85.

87. Promptly after June 1, 1931, there shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor a committee, to be known as the "Juvenile Court Committee," in
each of the several counties of the State of Maryland. Each committee
shall be composed of five persons, and shall serve without pay. Two of the
members first appointed under this sub-title shall serve until June 1, 1933,
and three of said members shall serve until June 1, 1935. Upon the
expiration of the terms of the respective members of the committee,
their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years. All vacancies
in such committee shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.
The duties of such committee shall be as follows: (1) They shall recom-
mend to the Governor qualified persons to be appointed as magistrates for
juvenile causes of their respective counties. (2) Each committee shall meet
with the respective magistrates in their county at least four (4) times
annually and shall confer with and make recommendations to such magis-
trate as to the appointment of probation officers as may be hereafter pro-
vided for. (3) They shall confer with the magistrates for juvenile causes
of their respective counties and render such service as the magistrates may
require in their discretion.

1931, ch. 323, sec. 86.

88. The magistrates for juvenile causes for each of the several counties
of the State shall appoint a probation officer or officers who shall receive
such compensation as shall be provided by the County Commissioners of
the several counties. The magistrates for juvenile causes of the several
counties may also appoint, from time to time, additional probation officers,
upon recommendation of the respective juvenile court committees, to serve
without pay during the pleasure of the said magistrates. Such additional
probation officers are subject to the same orders and directions, are under
the same supervision and are vested with the same authority as are the
regularly appointed paid probational officers herein provided for. All such
probation officers receiving or not receiving compensation for their services