EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1365

SEC. 4. In trials under this Act, the person proceeded
against shall have the right to have a trial by jury, which shall
be granted as an other cases unless waived.

If the finding of a jury be against the person tried their
verdict shall so state, in which 'event the trial Court in its dis-
cretion may enter such judgment as to it seems needful in
the premises as provided by Section 3 of this Act.

SEC. 5. If the judgment of Court be that the person pro-
ceeded against shall execute bond as provided herein, such
bond shall be executed within such time as the Court may fix;
if the person proceeded against shall fail within the time fixed
to execute such bond the Court shall commit such person to
jail, there to remain until he shall give bond or perform the
judgment of the Court. The Court may enforce obedience to
its order in any way in which a Court of Equity may enforce
its orders or decrees.

SEC. 6. If the Court be satisfied by information or evi-
dence under oath that at any time during the year, the person
proceeded against has violated the terms of the Court's order
or the terms of said bond, the Court may direct the State's
Attorney of Baltimore City, or of the County, as the case may
be, to institute proceedings on said bond in any Court having
jurisdiction of the sum fixed in said bond; the sum so recovered
on such bond shall be expended for the care and maintenance
of such child under the direction and discretion of the Court.

SEC. 7. This Act shall be liberally construed in favor of
the State for the purpose of the protection of the child from
neglect or omission of parental duty toward the child by its
parents or guardians, and further to protect the child from
the effects of the. improper conduct or acts of any person which
may cause, encourage, or contribute to the dependency, neglect,
or delinquency of such child, or to the conditions which render
it a minor without proper care or guardianship, although such
person is in no way related to such child.

SEC. 8. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to be in con-
flict with nor to prevent proceedings under any statute of
the State against any person for the commission of any act
for which such person might be proceeded against as herein
provided. Upon the hearing of any case herein the Court in
its discretion may order the proceedings herein to be dismissed
and direct the State's Attorney for Baltimore City, or the