1318 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 645

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 558, 570, 575 and 576 of Article 22 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Washington County", sub-title "Justices of the Peace and
Constables", sub-heading "Juvenile Court", Section 558 hav-
ing been amended by Chapter 432 of the Acts of 1937, be and
the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

558. In addition to the Justices of the Peace hereinbefore
provided for in this Article, there shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, and if the
Senate shall not be in session, by the Governor, from Wash-
ington County at large, an additional Justice of the Peace,
to be also known as the Magistrate for Juvenile cases, whose
term of office shall begin on the first Monday of May, 1924,
and who shall thereafter be appointed in conformity with
the Constitution of this State, and who shall be a member of
the Bar of the Circuit Court for Washington County, and who
shall not by reason of such appointment be debarred from
practicing law in any of the Courts of this State, who shall
receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, payable
monthly, two-thirds by the County Commissioners of Wash-
ington County, and the other one-third by the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown, and the jurisdiction and powers of
such Justice shall be as follows:

(1) He shall possess the general powers of a Justice of the
Peace, and also the powers of a Police Justice of Hagerstown,
as the same are now or may hereafter be defined by law,
except that he shall not have the power or jurisdiction to try,
hear or determine civil actions or cases for violations of the
criminal laws of the State and/or county or for violations of
the ordinances of the City of Hagerstown, except as herein-
after provided:

(2) He shall have exclusive jurisdiction, as among the sev-
eral Magistrates of Washington County, over and with respect
to bastardy cases and cases arising under Sections 87, 88, 89,
90, 91, 92, and 93 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1924 Edition) and amendments thereto.

(3) He shall have exclusive jurisdiction, as among the sev-
eral magistrates of Washington County, over and with respect
to all delinquent, neglected and dependent minors under the
age of sixteen years, and of any and all persons causing, en-
couraging or contributing towards the delinquency, neglect or
dependency of any such minor.

(4) He shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases
of trial or commitment for trial or commitment to any
Juvenile Institution of any minor under sixteen years of age,