184 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 107

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 558 of Article 22 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Washington County, " sub-title "Justices of the Peace and
Constables, " sub-heading "Juvenile Cases, " be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read
as follows:

558. In addition to the Justices of the Peace hereinbe-
fore 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 Washington 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 con-
formity with the Constitution of this State, and who shall
be a member of the Bar of the Circuit Court for Washing-
ton County, and who shall not by reason of such appoint-
ment be debarred from practicing law in any of the Courts
of this State, who shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred
dollars per annum, payable monthly, two-thirds by the
County Commissioners 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
Hagerstown, as the same are now or may hereafter be de-
fined 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 Juve-
nile Institution of any minor under sixteen years of age,
and shall have plenary jurisdiction to hear, try and deter-
mine all cases of any such dependent, neglected or delin-
quent children and to provide 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.