HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1319

and shall have plenary jurisdiction to hear, try and deter-
mine all cases of any such dependent, neglected or delinquent
children and to provide for the custody, control and main-
tenance of such child or children until it or they shall attain
the age of twenty-one years, and shall have all other jurisdic-
tion by this Act expressly conferred, and such Magistrate
shall sit at such times and places as may be necessary for the
proper discharge of his duties.

(5) Such Justice is empowered to appoint a suitable
person to act as clerk, who may be a woman, who shall re-
ceive two-thirds from the County Commissioners of said Wash-
ington County, and the other one-third from the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown, a salary of one thousand dollars per
annum, payable monthly, and who shall attend at such times
and places and perform such duties as may be directed by said
Justice, who shall be removable by said Justice at his dis-
cretion.

(6) The hearing, trial and determination of all cases
of dependent, neglected or delinquent children by said Justice,
sitting as a Magistrate for Juvenile cases shall be had with-
out regard to technicalities of procedure or rules of evidence.

(7) The Justice herein provided for, before qualify-
ing as such, shall give bond to the State of Maryland in a
penalty of one thousand dollars, with a surety or sureties to
be approved by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington
County, conditioned that he will well and faithfully perform
and execute the duties and obligations of the office of Justice
of the Peace and that he will account for any pay over to the
County Commissioners of Washington County all fines, penal-
ties, forfeitures and costs imposed by him, and which he shall
receive for or on account of criminal offenses tried before him,
under the provisions of the Code of Public General Laws and
Code of Public Local Laws, and that he will account for and
pay over to the Tax Collector of Hagerstown all fines, penal-
ties, forfeitures and costs imposed by him and which he shall
receive for or on account of offenses against the ordinances
of Hagerstown, and that he will well and truly account for
and pay over to the person, persons, corporations entitled to
the same, all money coming into his hands for or on account
of any business pertaining to or connected with his office.
And the bond of the said Justice of the Peace shall be liable
at the suit of the State of Maryland for the use of the County
Commissioners of Washington County and of the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown, and of any person, persons, corpora-
tion or corporations entitled under any default of said
condition.