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(1) He shall possess the general powers of a Justice of the
Peace, and also the powers of a Police Justice of Hagerstown,
as the same are now or may hereafter be defined by law.

(2) He shall have full power and jurisdiction over and
with respect to all delinquent, neglected and dependent minors
under the age of sixteen years, and of any and all persons
causing, encouraging or contributing towards the delinquency,
neglect or dependency of any such minor.

(3) He shall have exclusive jurisdiction, in all cases of trial
or commitment for trial or commitment to any Juvenile Insti-
tution of any minor under sixteen years of age, and shall have
plenary jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all cases of
any such dependent, neglected or delinquent children and to
provide for the custody, control and maintenance of such
child or children until it or they shall attain the age of twenty-
one years, and shall have all other jurisdiction by this Act ex-
pressly conferred, and such Magistrate shall sit at such times
and places as may be necessary for the proper discharge of his
duties.

(4) Such Justice is empowered to appoint a suitable person
to act as his clerk, who may be a woman, who shall receive two-
thirds from the County Commissioners of said Washington
County, and the other one-third from the Mayor and Council
of Hagerstown, a salary of seven hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, payable monthly, and who shall attend at such times
and places and perform such duties as may be directed by said
Justice, and who shall be removable by said Justice at his dis-
cretion.

(5) The hearing, trial and determination of all cases of de-
pendent, neglected or delinquent children by said Justice, sit-
ting as the Magistrate for Juvenile Cases, shall be had without
regard to technicalities of procedure or rules of evidence.

(6) The Justice herein provided for, before qualifying as
such, shall give bond to the State of Maryland in a penalty of
one thousand dollars, with a surety or sureties to be approved
by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington County,
conditioned that he will well and faithfully perform and exe-
cute the duties and obligations of the office of Justice of the
Peace, and that he will account for and pay over to the County
Commissioners of Washington County all fines, penalties, for-