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ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 833
therein taken and forfeited, the court being also empowered to
apply the proceeds upon collection as provided in the preced-
ing sections. Upon the imposition of a fine by the magistrate
he may also dispose thereof for the benefit of wife or child or
children as in the preceding sections provided. After vaca-
tion of office by death, removal, expiration of term, or other-
wise, of the magistrate who has passed an order upon convic-
tion or submission, if there, be a violation thereof, the succeed-
ing Magistrate for Juvenile Causes in the City of Baltimore
or any county, may issue process and proceed in all respects
in regard to the defendant as the magistrate who heard the
case might do.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That ten new sections
be added to Article 52 of the Annotated Code of the Public-
General Laws of Maryland, Edition of 1924, title "Justices
of the Peace, " the said new sections to be placed under a new
sub-title reading "Magistrates for Juvenile Causes, " to be
known as Sections 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 and 90,,
and to read as follows:
81. In addition to the Justices of the Peace already author-
ized by law, 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 each county in
the State of Maryland, an additional justice of the peace for
each county to be known as the magistrate for juvenile causes
for the particular county in which he is appointed, who shall
be at least twenty-five years of age, a member of the bar of
the Court of Appeals of Maryland, and shall receive such
salary, payable by the County Commissioners of the county
for which he is appointed, as such County Commissioners,
shall determine, provided, however, that no such appointment
shall be made in any county until the County Commissioners
shall have provided a salary for such Justice, and shall have
notified the Governor that such provision has been made until
the appointment of a Magistrate for Juvenile Causes for any
county as herein provided, the Courts and Justices of the Peace
of the several counties shall continue to exercise jurisdiction in
juvenile causes as authorized by law prior to the passage of this
Act, When such Justices are appointed, each shall have the fol-
lowing jurisdiction and powers: (1) He shall possess the same
powers as a justice of the peace or magistrate for criminal
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