1200 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10th, 11914.

CHAPTER 701.

"AN ACT to amend Article 1 of the Public Local Laws of the
State of Maryland, title "Allegany County," sub-title "Jus-
tices of the Peace," by repealing Sections 184 A, 184 B and
184 C as enacted by Chapter 471 of the Acte of the Assembly
of 1912, and to re-enact the same with amendments to be
known and designated as Sections 184 A, 184 B, 184 C, 184 D,
184 B and 184 F."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 184 A, 184 B and 184 C of Article 1 of the
Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Allegany
County," sub-title "Justices of the Peace," as enacted by Chap-
ter 471 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of
1912 be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments to be known and designated as Sections 184 A,
184 B, 184 C, 184 D, 184 E and 184 F to read as follows:

SEC. 184 A. In addition to the Justices of the Peace herein-
before mentioned 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, for Allegany County at large,
an additional Justice of the Peace to be known as the Magistrate
far Juvenile Cases, who shall receive a salary of twelve hun-
dred ($1,200) dollars per annum, payable monthly, two-thirds
by the County Commissioners for said County and the other
one-third by the Mayor and City County of Cumberland, and
the jurisdiction and powers of such Justice shall be as follows :
(1) He shall possess the general powers of a Justice of the
Peace and of the Justice of the Peace selected to sit at the sta-
tion house in the City of Cumberland as the same are now
or may hereafter be defined; (2) He shall have full power and
jurisdiction over and with respect to delinquent, neglected and
dependent minors under the age of sixteen years, and of any
person causing, encouraging or contributing towards delin-
quency, 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 institution of any
minor under the age of sixteen years, where jurisdiction is