1512 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 600

cuit Court, sitting in equity, in any county in which the alleged
violator is located or has an established place of business, or
before one of the Circuit Courts of the Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City, if the alleged violator is located or has an estab-
lished place of business in Baltimore City.

16K. (Reciprocity. ) The State Department is authorized to
recognize and deal with any institution, agency, society, indi-
viduals or set of individuals licensed or recognized by another
state for the care or placement of minors, if that state extends
the same recognition and reciprocal relations to licensees under
this sub-title.

16L. (Prosecutions.) It shall be the duty of the State's
Attorney in each county and in Baltimore City to prosecute all
violations of this sub-title.

16M. (Penalty.) Any institution, agency, society, indi-
viduals, husband and wife acting jointly, or set of individuals
who assume or exercise the care, custody, or control of minors
or who place such minors for adoption, or otherwise, in viola-
tion of the provisions of this sub-title, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not to
exceed one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for not to ex-
ceed three months, in the discretion of the court.

16N. (Interpretation.) The provisions of Section 458 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code (1939 Edition) shall not be
construed as limiting the powers granted by this sub-title to
the State Department of Public Welfare.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 10 and 11
of Article 88A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion and 1943 Supplement), title "State Department of Public
Welfare", sub-title "Board of Welfare", be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

10. The State Department of Public Welfare shall have
the authority to license any person or institution maintaining
a home in which two or more persons beyond the age of 65
years shall be cared for and for which a charge is made for
such care or maintenance, upon due proof of compliance with
rules and regulations designed to secure the proper care of
such aged persons, which rules and regulations the said State
Board of Public Welfare is hereby authorized to establish. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to persons caring for
relatives.

Any institutions, agencies and societies, whether incorpor-
ated or not, as well as all individuals who may be aggrieved by
the decision of any agency or local board delegated to issue