CITY OF BALTIMORE. 645

title "Justices of the Peace and Constables," and to add a
new section to said Article 4, to be known as Article 4, Sec-
tion 623B, of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "City of
Baltimore," subtitle "Justices of the Peace and Constables."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 623A of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local
Laws, title "City of Baltimore," as amended by the Act of 1904,
Chapter 521, subtitle "Justices of the Peace and Constables,"
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

623A. In addition to the justices of the peace mentioned in
Section 623 of this Article, there shall be appointed by the Gov-
ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and
if the Senate shall not be in session, by the Governor, from the
City of Baltimore at large, an additional justice of the peace, to
be known as the magistrate for juvenile causes, who shall be
a member of the bar of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
and shall receive from the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more City a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, pay-
able monthly, and the jurisdiction and powers of such justice
shall be as follows: (1) He shall possess the general powers
of police justice of the peace or justice of the peace selected to
sit at a station-house in the City of Baltimore, as the same are
now or may hereafter be defined by law. (2) He shall have
exclusive jurisdiction where jurisdiction is given by law to any
justice of the peace in Baltimore City, in all cases of trial or
commitment for trial, or commitment to any juvenile institu-
tion of any minor under the age of sixteen years, and such mag-
istrate shall sit at such times as may be necessary for the
proper discharge of his duties at such proper place in the
Courthouse in Baltimore City as may be provided by the Super-
intendent of Public Buildings. (3) He is empowered to ap-
point a suitable person to act as his clerk, who shall receive
from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City a salary of
one thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly, and shall at-
tend at such times and places and perform such duties as may
be directed by said justice, and shall be removable by him at his
discretion. Whenever any minor is arrested, he may be taken
to such place other than a station-house as may be designated
by said justice and provided by the Superintendent of Public
Buildings or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; but, in
the absence of such designation, such minor may be held at a
station-house as heretofore until brought before the justice;
and when such justice shall commit any minor for trial or for
hearing, he may commit such minor to a suitable juvenile insti-
tution or other suitable prison, instead of the Baltimore City