PUBLIC EDUCATION 2977

school or schools either in Baltimore City or in one or more counties of
(he State. Two or more boards of school commissioners of adjoining coun-
ties may in their discretion jointly establish a parental school or schools
for the joint use of the said counties, and said school or schools may be
established in any one of the said counties so jointly acting. The Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore and the several boards of school commis-
sioners for the counties may also provide for the confinement, maintenance
and instruction of such habitually truant children in the schools respec-
tively established by them as aforesaid, for such period and under such
rules and regulations as they may have respectively prescribed. The mag-
istrate for juvenile causes or justice of the peace having jurisdiction may
commit such habitually truant children to any of the parental schools for
the city or county in which such children may reside, but no person con-
victed of any crime or any offense other than truancy shall be committed to
any of such schools.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 227. 1912, sec. 159. 1904, sec. 157. 1902, ch. 269, sec. 130.

1912, ch. 173. 1914, ch. 90. 1922, ch. 474, sec. 159. 1929, ch. 152,

sec. 227. 1931, ch. 159, sec. 227.

219. It shall be the duty of the Police Commissioner of Baltimore
City, between the tenth and thirtieth day of November in each year, to
cause a census, as nearly as possible accurate, to be made by members of the
force under his command, of every child from five to eighteen years of
age, inclusive, resident in said city. The Police Commissioner shall, for
the purpose of taking said census, divide the city into such posts, districts,
or other subdivisions as he shall determine. The said census shall give
the full name, address, age, color, sex and place of birth of each child,
whether or not such child is handicapped, the school attended, or if not at
school, his employment or that he is not employed, and the place of birth
of each parent of said child, and the full and complete records of said
census shall be furnished by said Police Commissioner to the Board of
School Commissioners of Baltimore City on or before the tenth day of
December in each and every year. Whosoever has under his control a child
between said ages and withholds the information in his possession from
any officer demanding it relating to the items aforesaid, or makes any
false statement in regard to the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and be fined not more than twenty dollars.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 228. 1912, sec. 160. 1904, sec. 158. 1902, ch. 269, sec 131.

1912, ch. 173, sec. 131.

220. It shall be the duty of the principal or head teacher of every
public or private school in this State to report immediately to the school
commissioners of the county where such school is located, or of Baltimore
City if located therein, or to an attendance officer or other official desig-
nated by such commissioners, the names of all children enrolled in his or
her school who have been absent or irregular in attendance three days or
their equivalent without lawful excuse within a period of eight consecu-
tive weeks.

Cited in Board of Education v. Wheat, 174 Md. 320.

Secs. 213-222 cited in concurring opinion in Board of Education v. Wheat, 174 Md. 324.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 229. 1912, sec. 166. 1904, sec. 164. 1902, ch 269 sec 137

1912, ch. 173, sec. 137.

221. Attendance officers may visit all establishments where minors
are employed in their several cities and counties, and ascertain whether