HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 893

Magistrate shall issue a summons reciting briefly the sub-
stance of the petition, and requiring the person or persons
who have the custody or control of the child to appear per-
sonally and bring the child before the Magistrate at a
time and place stated. If the person so summoned shall
be other than the parent or guardian of the child, then
the parent or guardian or both shall also be notified of the
pendency of the case and of the time and place appointed,
by personal service before the hearing, except as herein-
after provided. Summons may be issued requiring the
appearance of any other person whose presence, in the
opinion of the Magistrate is necessary.

If it appears that the child is in such condition or sur-
roundings that his welfare requires that his custody be
immediately assumed by the Court, the Magistrate may
cause to be endorsed upon the summons an order that the
officer serving the same shall at once take the child into
custody.

e. Service of summons, traveling expenses.

Service of summons shall be made personally by the
delivery of attested copies thereof to the persons sum-
moned; provided, that if the Magistrate is satisfied that
it is impracticable to personally serve such summons or
the notice provided for in the preceding section, he may
order service by registered mail addressed to their last
known addresses, or by publication thereof, or both, as
he may direct. It shall be sufficient to confer jurisdiction
if service is effected at least twenty-four hours before the
time fixed in the summons for the return thereof.

Service of summons, process or notice required by this
act may be made by the Sheriff or any Constable of Wash-
ington County, any Police Officer of any municipality of
Washington County, the Probation Officer or any other
suitable person under the direction of the Court. The
Magistrate may authorize the payment of necessary travel-
ing expenses incurred by any person summoned or other-
wise required to appear at the hearing of any case coming
within the provisions of this act, and such expenses when
approved by the Magistrate shall be a charge upon the
county.

d. Failure to obey summons, warrant.

If any person summoned as herein provided shall, with-
out reasonable cause, fail to appear, he may be proceeded
against for contempt of Court. In case the summons can-
not be served, or the parties served fail to obey the same,
or in any case when it shall be made to appear to the
Magistrate that the service will be ineffectual or the wel-
fare of the child requires that he shall be brought forth-