774 HABEAS CORPUS. [ART. 42.

transmit the original papers in said case, together with a copy of
its or his order of release or discharge, and of his said opinion,
under his hand and seal, to the clerk of the court of appeals; and
it shall be the duty of the said court to consider the papers so
transmitted to its said clerk, including said order of release or
discharge, and said opinion, at the earliest practicable period
after the receipt thereof by its said clerk, and to give its opinion
in writing upon the case so presented; and the said opinion so
given shall have and possess the same authority as if the same
was filed in a case formally heard and determined in said court on
appeal.
State v. Glenn, 54 Md. 572.

Procedure In Relation to Minors.

1886, ch. 57.

18. Any minor having no parent or guardian, and being desti-
tute of means of support, or suffering through the neglect, bad
habits or vicious conduct of its parent, guardian or other custo-
dian, may be arrested and brought before any judge of a court of
record or justice of the peace, and committed by said judge or
justice of the peace to any charitable, reformatory or other
institution for the care and custody of minors, incorporated
under the laws of this State, subject to the discipline, regula-
tions and powers of such institutions.

Ibid.

19. Upon the return of any writ of habeas corpus issuing for
the production of any child so committed, the court or judge
before whom the habeas corpus proceeding is tried, may review
the facts upon which the commitment was made, and hear new
evidence, and remand, release or commit such minor.

1888, ch. 79.

20. Whenever a minor is brought before a court or judge
upon habeas corpus, in private custody, it shall be the duty of
such court or judge, in the determination of the case, to be
guided by what appears to be for the best interests of such minor
in respect to his temporal, his mental and his moral welfare; and,