1154 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 565

of twelve years, or during the life of such child if said child
die before reaching the age of twelve years, such sum, not ex-
ceeding $15 per month, as the Court shall by order direct, due
regard being had to the circumstances of such accused person,
and further to pay the whole or sitch part of the expenses
incurred by the said mother during her confinement as the
Court may direct and to pay the reasonable funeral expenses
of said child if he or she shall die under the' age of twelve
years; in default of such bond he shall be committed to jail
or the House of Correction until said bond be given, but not
exceeding two years. In the event that any person who goes
security on said bond shall die or become insolvent, the said
Court shall require a new bond to be given in the same penalty
and on the condition as the original bond, and on the failure
of such accused person to give the aforesaid renewal bond, he
shall be subject to the same penalty as for failure to give bond
in the first instance.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1920.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 565.

AN ACT to amend Section 37 of Article 4, title, "Judiciary
Department," of the Constitution of this State, and to
provide for the submission of said amendment to the
qualified voters of this State for adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland (three-fifths of all members of each of the two
Houses concurring). That the following section be and the
same is, hereby proposed as an amendment to Section 37 of
Article 4, title, "Judiciary Department," of the Constitution
of this State, and if adopted by the legal qualified voters
thereof, as herein provided, said section shall supersede and
stand in the place and in stead of Section 37 of said Article 4
of the Constitution of Maryland.

SEC. 37. There shall be a Clerk of each of the said Courts
of Baltimore City, except the Supreme Bench, who shall be
elected by the legal and qualified voters of said city at the
election to be held in said city on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in November, in the year eighteen hundred and