1446 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 818

committed by an adult, would be a crime not punishable
by death or life imprisonment; (2) who is incorrigible or
ungovernable or habitually disobedient or who is beyond
the control of his parents, guardian, custodian or other
lawful authority; (3) who is habitually a truant; (4) who
without just cause and without the consent of his parents,
guardian or other custodian, repeatedly deserts his home
or place of abode; (5) who is engaged in any occupation
which is in violation of law, or who associates with im-
moral or vicious persons; or (6) who so deports himself as
to injure wilfully or endanger the morals of himself or
others.

(e) "Neglected child" means a child (1) who is without
proper guardianship; (2) whose parent, guardian or per-
son with whom the child lives, by reason of cruelty, mental
incapacity, immorality or depravity, is unfit to care prop-
erly for such a child; (3) who is under unlawful or im-
proper care, supervision, custody or restraint, by any per-
son, corporation, agency, association, institution or other
organization or who is unlawfully kept out of school;

(4) whose parent, guardian or custodian neglects or re-
fuses, when able to do so, to provide necessary medical,
surgical, institutional or hospital care for such child; or

(5) who is in such condition of want or suffering, or is
under such improper guardianship or control, or is engaged
in such occupation as to injure or endanger the morals
or health of himself or others.

420 (C). Except as otherwise provided herein the Judge
shall have (a) original, exclusive jurisdiction concerning
any child who is dependent, delinquent, neglected or feeble-
minded; (b) original jurisdiction to determine paternity
of such a child in disputed cases; (e) original, exclusive
jurisdiction to try, subject to the right of trial by jury
unless waived, as hereinafter provided, any parent, guar-
dian or other adult f or any wilful act or omission contrib-
uting to, encouraging or tending to cause any condition
bringing a child within the jurisdiction of the court. Noth-
ing herein contained shall deprive other courts of the right
to determine the custody of children upon writs of habeas
corpus or to determine the custody or guardianship of chil-
dren when such custody or guardianship is incidental 'to
the determination of cases pending in such other courts.

420 (D). Any child brought before the Judge in the
exercise of the aforesaid jurisdiction shall be charged only
as a dependent child, a delinquent child, a neglected child,
a feeble-minded child, or as a child coming within two or
more of these terms, and shall not be charged with the