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arrested and brought before him such father, if a resident of the
county, and shall cause him to give security in the sum of eighty
dollars, to indemnify the county from all charges that may arise
for the maintenance of such child.

Eccleston v. State, 7 G. & J 316. Root v. State, 10 G. & J. 374. Mong v.
State, 10 G. & J. 380. Oldham v. State, 5 Gill, 90. State v. Phelps, 9 Md. 21.
Owens v. State, 10 Md. 164. Wagaman v. Byers, 17 Md. 187. Cushwn v.
State, 20 Md 281. Baker v. State, 21 Md. 426. State v. Trimble, 33 Md. 468.
Norwood v. State, 45 Md. 72.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 13, sec. 3. 1781, ch. 13, sec. 1.

3. If the father be a resident of any other county, the justice

shall transmit, under his hand and seal, a copy of the proceedings
in such case had, to a justice of the peace of the county in which
such father shall reside, and the justice to whom the same shall
be sent shall forthwith proceed against the father as by this
article is directed.

Root v. State, 10 G. & J. 374. Norwood v. State, 45 Md. 68.

Ibid sec. 4. 1785, ch. 47, sec. 3.

4. Every constable, as often as he may have knowledge of any
woman having an illegitimate child within his district, shall give
information thereof to some justice of the peace of his county,
who, upon such information, shall proceed as hereinbefore di-
rected.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1781, ch. 13, sec. 2. 1880, ch. 33.

5. If any person charged with being the father of an illegiti-
mate child shall feel aggrieved by the judgment of the justice,
the justice shall require him to enter into recognizance for his
appearance at the next circuit court for the county, or the crim-
inal court of Baltimore, if in the city of Baltimore, and the said

court shall take cognizance thereof, and such proceedings shall be
thereupon had as in other criminal cases; and if the person so
charged shall be found guilty by the verdict of a jury or by the
court, if the case be tried before the court, the court shall imme-

diately order such person to give security to indemnify the
county from any charges that may accrue for the maintenance of
said child, and if he shall neglect or refuse to give such security,
he shall be committed to the custody of the sheriff until he