594 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

placed in a family home, some responsible representative of
such agency or institution shall be appointed guardian of such
child by the Court or Judge. And it shall be the duty of such
guardian to visit each child committed to his or her custody
and placed in a family home at least once in every three months,
unless otherwise ordered by the Court or Judge, and to report
to the Court or Judge the condition and progress of such child ;
and such guardian shall exercise proper care for the schooling
and training of such child, and make report to the Court as
often as directed by the order of appointment; and if any child
so placed in such a home or institution shall leave or quit the
same before attaining adult age, and without leave of the Court
or Judge, he or she shall be apprehended and brought before the
Court or Judge and dealt with as the Court or Judge shall de-
termine to be best for the interest of the child and the com-
munity. All orders of the Court or Judge shall be noted fully
in the docket provided for by this Act, and the originals care-
fully preserved in the Clerk's office, and a duplicate copy made
and presented to the guardian so appointed.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said Circuit
Court for Harford County, or the Judge designated as herein-
before provided, shall when sitting for the discharge of the du-
ties imposed by this Act, be known as the "Circuit Court for
Harford County, sitting as a Juvenile Court," and shall have
exclusive jurisdiction, where jurisdiction is given by law to
any Justice of the Peace in and for Harford County, in all
cases of trial or commitment to any juvenile institution of any
minor specified in this Act.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That no Justice of the
Peace shall commit for any reason a child under fourteen years
of age to a jail or police station to be confined with other pris-
oners. If any such child shall be unable to give bail for his or
her appearance before the said Circuit Court for Harford
County, he or she shall be committed to the care of a probation
officer of said Court or to the custody of some society or juvenile
institution organized for the care of children.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That any person who
shall contribute to or encourage delinquency or dependency
of any minor as hereinbefore defined; or any person charged by
law with the care and support of any minor who shall wilfully
neglect to perform his or her duty to such child, or any person
who shall advise or encourage any child to leave the home,
school or institution to which such child shall have been com-