848 LAWS OF MARYLAND., [CH. 432

558. In addition to the Justices of the Peace hereinbefore
provided for in this Article, there shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, and if the
Senate shall not be in session, by the Governor, from Wash-
ington County at large, an additional Justice of the Peace,
to be also known as the Magistrate for Juvenile Cases, whose
term of office shall begin on the first Monday of May, 1924,
and who shall thereafter be appointed in conformity with the
Constitution of this State, and who shall be a member of the
Bar of the Circuit Court for Washington County, and who
shall not by reason of such appointment be debarred from
practicing law in any of the Courts of this State, who shall
receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum,
payable monthly, two-thirds by the County Commission-
ers of Washington County, and the other one-third by
the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, and the jurisdictions
and powers of such Justices shall be as follows:

(1) He shall possess the general powers of a Justice of the
Peace, and also the powers of a Police Justice of Hagers-
town, as the same are now or may hereafter be defined by
law.

(2) He shall have full power and jurisdiction over and with
respect to all delinquent, neglected and dependent minors
under the age of sixteen years, and of any and all persons
causing, encouraging or contributing towards the delinquency,
neglect or dependency of any such minor.

(3) He shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases of trial
or commitment for trial or commitment to any Juvenile Insti-
tution of any minor under sixteen years of age, and shall have
plenary jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all cases of any
such dependent, neglected or delinquent children and to pro-
vide for the custody, control and maintenance of such child
or children until it or they shall attain the age of twenty-one
years, and shall have all other jurisdiction by this Act
expressly conferred, and such Magistrate shall sit at such
times and places as may be necessary for the proper discharge
of his duties.

(4) Such Justice is empowered to appoint a suitable person
to act as his clerk, who may be a woman, who shall receive
two-thirds from the County Commissioners of said Washing-
ton County, and the other one-third from the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown, a salary of one thousand dollars per
annum, payable monthly, and who shall attend at such times
and places and perform such duties as may be directed by said
Justice, who shall be removable by said Justice at his discre-
tion.

(5) The hearing, trial and determination of all cases of
dependent, neglected or delinquent children by said Justice,