2214 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 924

Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "De-
partment of Correction", as said section was enacted by
Chapter 519 of the Acts of 1945, relating to cases in which
juvenile jurisdiction is waived by the Judge of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City assigned to exercise the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 758 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments",
sub-title "Department of Correction, as said section was en-
acted by Chapter 519 of the Acts of 1945, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

758. The institution established under the provisions of
Chapter 366 of the Acts of 1931, known as the "Maryland
State Penal Farm" shall hereafter be known as the "Maryland
State Reformatory for Males", and shall be a place of con-
finement and training for male offenders from sixteen (16)
years to twenty-five (25) years of age, both inclusive. The
courts of the State, instead of imposing sentences of fixed
duration in other institutions upon such offenders, may, in
their discretion, sentence them to said Reformatory for an in-
determinate period of time, which shall not exceed the maxi-
mum term of imprisonment provided by statute for the offense
of which said person was convicted, and in the event no
penalty is provided by statute for said offense, then the court
shall prescribe the maximum term of imprisonment; provided,
however, that nothing herein contained shall apply to any
case in which the sentence is life imprisonment or to the
service of time for non-payment of a fine, and provided further,
that in those cases in which the Judge of the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City, who is assigned to exercise jurisdiction in
juvenile causes, shall waive jurisdiction and order a minor
under the age of sixteen to be held for action under the
regular procedure that would follow if such act or acts had
been committed by an adult, then and in that event the judge
presiding in the Criminal Courts of Baltimore City may, upon
assuming jurisdiction in such case, upon conviction commit
such minor to the Maryland State Reformatory for Males
under the terms of this Act regardless of age.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved May 7, 1947.