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272L. All process, orders and directions issued by said
Justice while sitting as the Magistrate for Juvenile Cases may
be directed to the Sheriff of Washington County, and he shall
receive the same fees for serving such process, orders and di-
rections as he now receives for serving papers of similar char-
acter. The Mayor and Council of Hagerstown shall designate
one or more members of the police force of said Hagerstown to
attend such Magistrate and execute his process, orders and di-
rections within the corporate limits of the City of Hagerstown.
The probation officer provided for by this Act may also exe-
cute such process, orders and directions within the corporate
limits of Hagerstown or elsewhere, and shall do so when di-
rected by said Magistrate.

272M. Any person causing, encouraging or contributing
towards the delinquency or dependency of any minor as here-
inbefore defined, or any person charged by law with the care
and support or maintenance of any such minor and who wil-
fully fails, neglects or refuses to care for, support or maintain
said minor, or who abandons said minor, or any person who
shall advise or encourage any child to leave the person, home,
school or institution to which such child shall have been com-
mitted by said Magistrate, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and on conviction of pleading guilty thereof, shall be
fined not more than five hundred ($500) dollars or imprisoned
in the Maryland House of Correction for a term not exceeding
two (2) years, or be both fined or imprisoned in the discre-
tion of the said Magistrate or Court trying such offense; and
each day of such failure, neglect or refusal shall constitute a
separate offense; provided, however, that the accused may de-
mand a jury trial and be committed or bailed pending the
same. Any person pleading guilty, or tried, convicted and sen-
tenced under this Act for the abandonment of, or for the neg-
lect of, or failure to maintain or support a minor, may be sen-
tenced as hereinbefore stated, or may, in lieu thereof, be pa-
roled on such terms as said Magistrate, (or as the Circuit
Court for said county, if the case be before said Court) may
deem proper, the performance of said terms to be secured by
the detention of the offender or by recognizance entered into
by or on his or her behalf, as said Magistrate or said Court
may adjudge.

272N. The salary provided for said Magistrate in Sec-
tion 272 of this Act, shall be the only salary or fee to be paid
to said Magistrate or Justice in criminal cases, whether for vio-