1450 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 818

by the Judge shall continue. The State Department of Pub-
lic Welfare shall submit semi-annually to the Judge a re-
port on each child committed to said Department by the
Judge. Said report shall set forth particulars as to the type
and length of care and treatment already given, and con-
templated, with respect to such child, with reasons therefor.
No adjudication by the Judge upon the status of any child
shall operate to impose any civil disabilities, nor shall any
child be deemed a criminal by reason of such adjudica-
tion. The proceedings with reference to a child or any
evidence given before the Judge shall not be admissible as
evidence against the child in any case or proceedings in
any other court.

420 (L). In placing a child committed to the custody
of an individual, private agency or institution, the State
Department of Public Welfare, or the Judge, under Sec-
tion 420(K), whenever practicable, shall select a person,
agency or institution governed by persons of like religious
faith as that of the parents of such child or in the case of
a difference in the religious faith of the parents, then of
the religious faith of the child, or, if the religious faith of
the child is not ascertainable, then the faith of either of
the parents.

420 (M). Whenever the State Department of Public
Welfare, or the Judge, under Section 420 (K), places a child
in the custody of someone other than the child's parents
or in the custody of an agency or institution, the Judge
may, upon application, after giving the parent a reasonable
opportunity to be heard, order that such parent shall pay
in such manner as the court may direct, such sum as will
cover in whole or in part the support of such child and if
such parent shall wilfully fail or refuse to pay such sum,
the Judge may proceed against him as for contempt.

420(N). The Judge may cause any person within the
jurisdiction of the court, under Section 420(C) of this
sub-title, to be examined by a physician, psychiatrist or
psychologist as designated by him.

420 (O). The Supreme Bench of Baltimore City is here-
by authorized to make such rules, consistent with the pro-
visions of this sub-title, with respect to summons, process
or notice, pleading and practice before the court, as it may
from time to time determine to be necessary.

420(P). All cases pending before the Magistrates for
Juvenile Causes in Baltimore City at the effective date of