1450 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 824
CHAPTER 824.
(House Bill 861)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Article IV of the Con-
stitution of the State of Maryland, adding thereto a new
section, to be known as Section 39A, to be under new sub-
title "Part IV-A—Juvenile Courts", and to follow immedi-
ately after Section 39 of said Article, providing for the
establishment of Juvenile Courts; and to provide for the sub-
mission of said amendment to the qualified voters of the
State for adoption or rejection.

SECTION 1. Be It enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land (three-fifths of all the members of each of the two Houses
concurring), That the following new section, to be known as
Section 39A, to be under new sub-title "Part IV-A—Juvenile
Courts", and to follow immediately after Section 39 of said
Article, be and the same is hereby proposed as an amend-
ment to Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Mary-
land, the same, if adopted by the legal and qualified voters of
the State as herein provided, to become a part of said Article
IV of said Constitution and to be numbered and sub-titled as
aforesaid:

PART IV-A—JUVENILE COURTS

39A. A Juvenile Court is hereby created for Baltimore
City, and the General Assembly by law may establish a
Juvenile Court for any other incorporated city or town or any
county of the State. The court hereby created, and any other
court established hereunder by law, shall be a court of record,
and shall have exclusive jurisdiction within such city, town or
county over all criminal offenses other than those punishable
by death or life imprisonment committed by any person tinder
eighteen years of age, and such additional jurisdiction as may
be from time to time prescribed by the General Assembly by
law. The General Assembly by law shall prescribe, and from
time to time may alter,

1. The number, qualifications, tenure and method of selec-
tion of the judge or judges of such courts, and their powers,
duties and compensation, but the salary or compensation of
any judge of any such court shall not be reduced during his
continuance in office;

2. The right of appeal from such court;

3. The number, qualifications, tenure, method of selection,
duties and compensation of all clerks, bailiffs, probation of-
ficers or other employees of such courts; and

4. Any other matters relating to such courts.