1428 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

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.

170. Any person who shall contribute to or encourage de-
linquency or dependency of any minor as hereinbefore defined;
or any person charged by law with the care and support of any
minor who shall willfully 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 committed by the Court or Judge, and
any person who shall interfere in any way with the execution
of any order made or passed by the Court or Judge in the exer-
cise of the powers conferred by this Act, may be cited before
such Court or Judge, and upon conviction of the offense
charged against him by such Court or Judge, shall be fined
not exceeding fifty dollars, or may be committed to the County
Jail for a term not exceeding sixty days, but if the person so
charged with the offense shall pray a jury trial, such case shall
be referred to the Circuit Court, and there be tried before a
Jury as other criminal cases are tried. Provided, however,
that nothing contained herein shall be construed to deprive the
Judge or Court sitting as a Juvenile Court of the powers now
conferred upon the Judge or Court to punish for contempt.

171. All fines imposed by the Court or Judge under this
Act, shall be collected as fines are now collected by the Circuit
Court for Harford County in the exercise of its criminal juris-
diction, and when so collected shall be paid over to the County
Commissioners of Harford County. Whenever the said Court
may determine that a parent or custodian of any child coming
within the provisions of this Act is able to pay the cost of the
proceeding against such child, and it is proper that he should
pay the said costs, or to pay in full or in part the cost of main-
taining such child, he or they may be required to do so, and
the Court shall have full power and jurisdiction to pass such
order or decree as may seem just and proper, and to enforce
obedience to such order as the Courts of the State of Maryland
now have or may hereafter have conferred upon them.

172. All costs incurred by the prosecution of cases under
this Act shall be paid by the County Commissioners of Har-
ford County, except as hereinbefore provided, but in no case
shall any Attorney's appearance fee be taxed as part of the
costs of such proceedings, but all costs incurred by the Clerk