ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 29
CHAPTER 21.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 184A
of Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title ''Allegany County, " sub-title "Justices of the Peace, "
as said section was amended by Chapter 701 of the Acts of
1914, increasing the compensation of Justices of the Peace
for juvenile cases and his clerk, and regulating the per diem
and mileage of witnesses.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 184A of Article 1 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title ''Allegany County, " sub-title
"Justices of the Peace, " as said section was amended by Chap-
ter 701 of the Acts of 1914 be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

184A. In addition to the Justices of the Peace hereinbe-
fore mentioned there shall be appointed by the Governor, by
and with the consent of the Senate, and if the Senate
shall not be in session, by the Governor, for Allegany
County at large an additional Justice of the Peace to
be known as the Magistrate for Juvenile Cases, who
shall receive a salary of two thousand ($2, 000. 00) dollars per
annum, payable monthly, two-thirds by the County Commission-
ers for said county and the other one-third by the Mayor and
City Council of Cumberland, and the jurisdiction and powers
of such Justice shall be as follows: (1) He shall possess the
general powers of a Justice of the Peace and also of the
Justice of the Peace selected to sit at the station house in the
City of Cumberland as the same are now or may hereafter be
denned; (2) He shall have full power and jurisdiction over
and with respect to delinquent, neglected and dependent minors
under the age of sixteen years, and of any person causing, en-
couraging or contributing towards delinquency, neglect or de-
pendency of any such minor; (3) He shall have exclusive
jurisdiction in all cases of trial or commitment for trial or
commitment to any juvenile institution of any minor under
sixteen years of age, where jurisdiction is given by law to any
Justice of the Peace, and such Magistrate shall sit at such
times as may be necessary for the proper discharge of his
duties; (4) Such Magistrate is empowered to appoint a suit-
able person to act as his clerk, who may be a woman, and who
shall receive two-thirds from the County Commissioners of said
county and the other one-third from the Mayor and City Coun-