68 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 36

the proceeding may be assessed against the petitioner in the
discretion of said Magistrate.

272I. All costs incurred in the prosecution of cases under
this Act, except as hereinbefore provided and except in corpo-
ration cases of the City of Hagerstown, shall be paid by the
County Commissioners of said county, and it shall be the duty
of the County Commissioners of said county, and they are
hereby authorized to make all levies and appropriations neces-
sary to provide for the payment of the salaries, fees, expenses
and costs made by this Act, payable by the County Commis-
sioners of said county.

272J. The said Magistrate shall not commit for any reason
a child under fourteen years of age to a jail or police station
to be confined with other prisoners. If any such child shall
be unable to give bail for his or her appearance as and where
demanded, he or she shall be committed to the care of a pro-
bation officer of the said county, or to the custody of some
person, home or society or juvenile institution organized for
the care of children.

272K. Whenever any minor is arrested he may be taken to
such place, other than a station house or jail, as may be des-
ignated by said Magistrate, but in the absence of such desig-
nation such minor may be held at a station house until brought
before said Justice, and when said Magistrate shall commit
any minor for trial or for hearing he may commit such minor
to a suitable institution or into the custody of some responsible
citizen of Washington County instead of the jail. The Board
of County Commissioners for said county may in its discretion
rent, lease or build a suitable building as a house of detention
for minors under the age of sixteen years who may be held to
await trial or hearing, and to which such minor may be com-
mitted by said Magistrate as to other reformatories or schools.
Said building to contain separate wards for male and female
inmates, and to be under the supervision and control of a
matron, who shall reside in said House of Detention, and who
shall be appointed by said Magistrate and said County Com-
missioners, the cost of the maintenance of the same to be paid
by the County Commissioners, all food, clothing and supplies
to be subject to the approval of the said Magistrate and the
County Commissioners of Washington County