ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  831

ers and duties of such committee; authorizing the employ-
ment of probation officers and defining the powers and
duties of such officers, and authorizing the County Commis-
sioners of the several counties to make all necessary levies
and appropriations to pay the salaries and expenses of the
Magistrates for Juvenile Causes, and the probation officers
employed under the provisions of said Act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, ' 55,
56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 and 62 of Article 26 of the Annotated
Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, Edition of
1924, title "Courts, " sub-title "Dependent and Delinquent
Children, " be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 64 and
72 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of the Public General
Laws of Maryland, Edition of 1924, title "Courts, " sub-title
"Minors Without Proper Care and Guardianship, " be and the
same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
so as to read as follows:

64. Any reputable person being a resident of the State
of Maryland, having knowledge of a child in any county of
said State or the City of Baltimore, who appears to be a minor
without proper care or guardianship, and who is not an. in-
mate of a State institution, or any institution incorporated
under the laws of the State of Maryland for the care and cor-
rection of children, or of any reform school or industrial school
for juvenile offenders, and having knowledge of the person or
persons responsible for or contributing to the condition of said
child, may file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the
county, or of the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, or with
the Magistrate for Juvenile Causes in Baltimore City, or any
county, a petition in writing, setting forth the facts verified
by affidavit; or the judge of the Circuit Court for the county
in which the child resides or of the Criminal Court of Balti-
more City, or the Magistrate for Juvenile Causes for Balti-
more City, or for any of the respective counties on his personal
knowledge, or on information given him may direct such peti-
tion to be filed by a duly appointed probation officer, or by the
State's Attorney for the county. The petition shall set forth
the name and residence of the child, and of its parents or
. guardians, or other persons having the custody, control or