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of room or rooms to be paid monthly, and the expenses of the
said board and of the secretary to be paid by the Comptroller
of the State on vouchers to be certified to by the president of
said board.

ARTICLE XLII.

HABEAS CORPUS.

Procedure in Relation to Minors.

18. Commitment of minors to juvenile institutions.

19. What is private custody within meaning of section 20.

1900, ch. 806.

18. A. minor may be committed to a juvenile institution for
care and guardianship—

1. If the minor is without any proper place of abode, or
proper guardianship, or is neglected or ill-treated by his parent,
guardian or other custodian, or such parent, guardian or other
custodian, by reason of excessive poverty, is unable to support
and care for such minor.

2. If it clearly appears that such minor is vicious or depraved
or suffering through the neglect, bad habits or vicious conduct
of his parent, guardian or other custodian, and his parent,
guardian or other custodian is unable or unwilling to exercise
proper control over him, and the welfare of such minor, as well
as the peace and good order of society, require such commitment.

A court of record, a judge thereof, or a justice of the peace
may commit such minors to a juvenile institution, incorporated
under the laws of this State, to be kept until eighteen years in
the case of females, and twenty-one years in the case of males,
unless sooner discharged by such institution, or by due course of
law, and such court or officer may require such minor to be brought
before him or it upon a warrant, or commit without a previous
warrant, if such minor can be brought or is present without it,