1402                        LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 542

CHAPTER 542.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
623A of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1927 and 1930 Editions), title "City of Balti-
more, " sub-title "Justices of the Peace and Constables, " and
to add three new sections to said Article 4, sub-title "Delin-
quent and Dependent Children, " said new sections to be
known as Sections 886-1, 886J and 886K, increasing certain
salaries, providing for additional employees to be appointed
and certain records to be kept by the said Magistrate for
Juvenile Causes, and making certain changes in the law
relating to said Magistrates.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 623A of Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1927 and 1930 Editions),
title "City of Baltimore, " sub-title "Justices of the Peace and
Constables, " be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

623A. In addition to the Justices of the Peace mentioned
in Section 623 of this Article, there shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
and if the Senate shall not be in session, by the Governor, from
the City of Baltimore, at large, an additional Justice of the
Peace, to be known as the magistrate for juvenile causes, who
shall be a member of the bar of the Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City and shall receive from the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore a salary of four thousand dollars per annum, pay-
able monthly, and the jurisdiction and powers of such justice
shall be as follows: (1) He shall possess the general powers of
police justice of the peace or justice of the peace selected to
sit at a station-house in the City of Baltimore, as the same are
now or may hereafter be defined by law. (2) He shall have
exclusive jurisdiction where jurisdiction is given by law to any
justice of the peace in Baltimore City, in all cases of trial or
commitment for trial, or commitment to any juvenile institu-
tion of any minor under the age of sixteen years, and such
magistrate shall sit at such times as may be necessary for the
proper discharge of his duties at such proper place in Balti-
more City as may be provided by the Buildings Engineer.
(3) He is empowered to appoint a suitable person to act as his
clerk, who shall receive from, the Mayor and City Council of