surety or deposit business in this State for which provision is
made by section 85 E of article 23, title " Corporations, " sub-title
" General Regulations, " as enacted by the Act of 1896, chapter
160.

ARTICLE XII.

BASTARDY AND FORNICATION.

2. Arrest of putative father. 5. Right of appeal by alleged father. Security to be given by him. Proviso.

9. Court may make order to dis- charge the obligors in the recognizance,

1894, ch. 108.

2. But if the said person shall on oath discover the father of
such child, the justice shall discharge her, and shall cause to be
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
dollar8 ($80) to indemnify the county from all charges that may
arise for the maintenance of such child; and upon the failure of
such putative father to enter into security, the justice shall com-
mit him to the custody of the sheriff of the county for the
period of twelve months.

Lynn v. State, 84 Md. 78.

Ibid.

5. But if any person charged with being the father of an
illegitimate child shall feel aggrieved by the judgment of the
justice, he shall have the right to enter into his personal recogni-
zance for his appearance at the next circuit court for the county,
or the Criminal Court of Baltimore, if in the city of Baltimore,
and the said court shall take cognizance thereof, and such pro-
ceedings 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 immediately order such person to give security to
indemnify the county from any charges that may occur