688 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 326
named as plaintiff, and the child or children, its or their parent
or parents, guardian or custodian, when named, shall be made
defendants in such case. It shall be the duty of the said Clerk
to provide a suitable book or docket, to be styled the "Juvenile
Docket, " which shall be carefully kept in his office and in
which shall be entered all such cases and the proceedings there-
in briefly as in the ordinary Docket of his office.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Clerk
shall, immediately upon the filing of the petition and making
the proper docket entries as provided in the preceding Section,
call the same to the attention of the Circuit Court for said
County, sitting in Juvenile Causes, and it shall be the duty
of said Court, to pass an order requiring the Sheriff or some
constable of said County, or the probation officer hereinafter
named, to serve a summons upon all parties named in said
proceedings as defendants, to be and appear before said Court,
at the hour and upon the day therein named, and the Court
may, in its or his discretion, adopt all necessary means to have
the body of the child named in the proceedings brought before
said Court at any designated time. It shall be the duty of the
Clerk to issue summons for any and all witnesses required by
any petitioner to appear at the hearing of his or her petition.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Circuit Court
for any of the several Counties sitting in Juvenile Causes may
select some one of the Deputy Clerks (other than recording
clerk) employed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of said county to act as Clerk of said Circuit Court sitting in
juvenile causes 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, shall be pres-
ent whenever said Court may sit for hearing cases under the
provisions of this Act, and make all proper entries in said
Docket. That said Court shall have the power to direct the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County to have printed
such forms or 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 by
the County Commissioners of said County, and to be charged
to the item of Court Expenses.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Circuit Court
for any of the several Counties, sitting in Juvenile Causes,
shall appoint one or more probation officers, who may be either
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