1408 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 675

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 91 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments",
sub-title "Destitute Parent", be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

91. Any adult person, a resident of this State, having a
parent or parents within this State, such parent or parents
being destitute of means of subsistence and unable either by
reason of old age, infirmity or illness to support himself or
herself, who is possessed of or able to earn means sufficient
to provide such parent or parents with necessary shelter, food,
care and clothing, and neglects or refuses so to do, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction in any Court of the State having original
jurisdiction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $500. 00
or imprisonment in the Maryland House of Correction for not
more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court,

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 92 and 93
of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edi-
tion), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Destitute
Parent", be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That six new sections be
and they are hereby added to Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments", sub-title "Destitute Parent", said new sections to be
known as Sections 92, 93, 93A to 93D, inclusive, and to follow
immediately after Section 91 of said Article, as amended by
this Act, and to read as follows:

92. Whenever any parent destitute of means of subsistence
and unable either by reason of old age, infirmity or illness to
support himself or herself shall, in writing under oath filed
with a State's Attorney (the term State's Attorney as used
in this sub-title includes Deputy State's Attorney or Assistant
State's Attorney acting under authority given by the State's
Attorney) accuse his or her adult child of being possessed of
or able to earn means sufficient to provide such parent with
necessary shelter, food, care and clothing and has failed to do
so, the State's Attorney may require witnesses other than the
child accused to appear before him for such examination of
witnesses as may be deemed in the public interest. After such
examination or inquiry the State's Attorney may file an infor-
mation in the Circuit Court of the county or the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City, as the case may be, against the ac-
cused child charging him with the offense of non-support.