878 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 458

of Baltimore, as the case may be, if said child be a public charge,
a certain sum monthly, until said child reaches the age of four-
teen years, or during the life of such child if said child shall
die before reaching the age of fourteen years, such sum, ac-
counting, in the discretion of the Court, from the date of the
birth of the child, not to exceed ($15. 00) per month, and
further directing the accused person to pay the whole or
such part of the expenses incurred by the said mother during
her confinement as the Court may direct, and to pay the reason-
able funeral expenses of said child if he or she shall die under
the age of fourteen years, and to release the accused person
from custody on probation for the period during which the ac-
cused person shall be required to make such payments, upon
his entering into a recognizance in such sum as the Court shall
direct, with or without sureties. The condition of the recogni-
sance shall be such that if the accused person shall make his
personal appearance at the Court whenever ordered to do so
within the period during which he shall be required to make
such payments, and shall further comply with the terms of the
order, or of any subsequent modification thereof, then the recog-
nizance shall be void, otherwise of full force and effect. If
the Court be satisfied by information and due proof under oath,
at any time during the period for which the accused person
shall be required to make such payments, that the accused
lias violated the terms of such order, it may forthwith
proceed to impose sentence under the original conviction. In
the case of forfeiture of a recognizance and enforcement there-
of by execution, the sum recovered may, in the discretion of
the Court, be paid, in whole or in part, to the mother, or to the
person having said child in custody, or to the county or to the
City of Baltimore, as the case may be, if said child be a public
charge.

10. Upon the death of the father after the passage of the
order, or after having given the bond prescribed in Section 5, the
Court may, upon the suggestion of the death of the said father,
summon the personal representative and heirs of the said
father and where a bond or a recognizance has been given,
as prescribed by Section 5, the sureties thereon, if such
parties be within the State, and the mother or other per-
son having charge of the said child, and upon proof being of-
fered to the Court of the amount of the estate of the said de-
cedent father, and upon any other points upon which the Court
desires to hear testimony, the Court may, in its discretion,
direct and order such sum or sums to be paid to the mother or
other person in charge of such child, for the maintenance and
support thereof out of the father's estate as may appear to
the Court to be just and proper. In no case, however, shall