592 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and appear before such Court at the hour and upon the day
therein named, and the Court, or such designated Judge thereof,
may, in its or his discretion, adopt all necessary means to have
the body of the child named in the proceedings brought before
the Judge or Court at any designated time. It shall be the duty
of the Clerk to issue cummons for any and all witnesses required
by any petitioner to appear at the hearing of his or her petition.
And any person failing to obey such summons, shall, in the ab-
sence of sufficient excuse, be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty
dollars ($50.00), or confinement in the County Jail not exceed-
ing thirty days.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted. That the Circuit Court
for Harford County or such Judge as may be designated by said
Court to hear and determine the cases provided for in this Act,
may select some one of the Deputy Clerks (other than a record-
ing clerk) employed in the office of the Clerk of said Court to
act as Clerk of the Court in the exercise of the powers conferred
upon said Court by this Act, which clerk so selected shall have
charge of the docket hereinbefore provided for, and shall be
present whenever the Court or Judge may sit for hearing cases
under the provisions of this Act, and make all proper entries in
said docket. That said Court or Judge shall have the power to
direct the Clerk to have printed such forms of petitions, orders
and papers as the Court may deem requisite for the proper and
convenient discharge of its duties under this Act, the cost of
such printing to be paid for by the County Commissioners of
Harford County, and to be charged to the item of Court Ex-
penses.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Circuit Court for
Harford County, or the Judge designated by the Court for the
purpose of hearing cases under the provisions of this Act, shall
appoint one or more probation officers, who may be either male
or female, who shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the Court in
monthly installments by the County Commissioners of Harford
County. It sliall be the duty of such probation officer or officers
to inform himself or themselves when any child is to be brought
into Court, and to make investigations of all such cases, to be
present in Court to represent the interest of the child when the
case is heard, and to furnish the Clerk such information and
assistance as the Court or Judge may require, and to take charge
of such child before or after the trial as the Court may direct,
and whenever such probation officer shall have knowledge of
any dependent, neglected or delinquent child, it shall be the