66 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 36

tion of all such cases, to be present before said Magistrate to
represent the interest of the child when the case is heard, to
furnish said Magistrate such information and assistance as
said Magistrate may require, to take charge of such child be-
fore or after the trial if the said Magistrate shall so direct;
and whenever such probation officer shall have knowledge of
any dependent, neglected or delinquent child, it shall be the
duty of such officer to bring the same to the attention of said
Magistrate by petition, as hereinbefore provided. In addition
to the salary above provided for such probation officer, he or
she, shall be allowed for all actual and reasonable travelling
expenses when in the discharge of duties imposed by order of
said Magistrate, to be paid by the County Commissioners upon
the approval and order of said Magistrate; and the County
Commissioners of Washington County shall and they are here-
by vested with full power and authority to make all necessary
levies and appropriations to pay the salary and expense of
such probation officer, as well as all other salaries and expenses
provided to be paid by this Act.

272E. In the event that any minor, charged by petition,
filed under this Act with a criminal offense for which a jury
trial may be legally demanded, may pray a jury trial when
brought before the said Magistrate for Juvenile Cases, then
said Magistrate shall proceed in like manner as Justices of the
Peace may now or hereafter be authorized to proceed in like
criminal cases where the defendant is an adult.

272F. If upon hearing and investigation, the said Magis-
trate for Juvenile Cases shall find any child under the above
specified age to be dependent, neglected or delinquent within
the meaning of this Act, such Magistrate may allow such child
to remain at its home, subject to the supervision of the said
Magistrate, or the probation officer hereinbefore provided for,
and may require such child to report to said Magistrate or
probation officer at such times as said Magistrate shall order.
Or if said Magistrate then or thereafter find the parent,
parents, guardian or custodian of such child an unfit or im-
proper person or persons, or unable or unwilling to care for,
protect, train, educate or discipline such child, and shall fur-
ther find it to be to the interest of such child or the people of
said county that such child be taken from the custody of such
parent, parents, guardian or custodian, said Magistrate may
pass an order committing the child to the custody of some
responsible citizen of Washington County or of some agency