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The Maryland Code, Public Local Laws, 1888
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ART. 4.] VAGRANTS, PAUPERS, BEGGARS, VAGABONDS. 567

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 916.

887. Whenever any minor shall be brought before the judge
or justice as aforesaid, the parents or guardians of such minor, if
they be resident within the city of Baltimore, and their names
and place of residence be made known to such judge or justice,
shall be summoned to show cause, if any they have, why such
minor should not be sent to the almshouse or other suitable place,
or be otherwise punished according to law.

Ibid. sec. 916.

888. The said judge or justice shall, if a suitable master or
mistress can be found, and he judges it best for the minor, bind
such minor an apprentice to some useful art, trade or occupation,
in the same manner and on the same conditions as apprentices
may now be bound by the laws of this State.

Ibid. sec. 917.

889. Every unmarried male under twenty-one years of age,
and unmarried female under eighteen years of age, shall be con-
sidered minors within the meaning of the preceding section.

Ibid. sec. 918.

890. The orphans' court of Baltimore city shall have concur-
rent jurisdiction over all cases of minors under the preceding
sections of this sub-title of this article, and exercise all the
powers in relation to them which are hereinbefore granted to
the criminal court and to justices of the peace of said city.

Ibid. sec. 919.

891. The criminal court of Baltimore shall try all cases which
may be brought before it in relation to vagrants and beggars, in
the same manner and at the same time as cases for assault and
battery are now tried by said court; provided, that the trial shall
be by jury, if demanded by the party charged.

Ibid. sec. 920.

892. If in any case which may be brought before a justice of
the peace, or before the orphans' court, the party charged shall
demand a jury trial, the said justice or said court shall certify

 

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