HERBERT B. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1457

58. The Magistrate for Juvenile Causes in any
county, shall have jurisdiction in all cases of prelim-
inary hearing of persons charged with offenses under
the preceding sections of this sub-title, and concurrent
jurisdiction with the courts upon waiver of a jury trial
by the accused to hear, try and determine the case. Upon
Conviction or submission for sentence, the magistrate may
pass sentence or make an order or orders to take a bond as
provided in the preceding sections. If the magistrate is
satisfied, by information and due proof under oath, at any
time during the year that the defendant has violated the
terms of the order, he may issue his warrant for the appre-
hension of the defendant and forthwith proceed to sen-
tence. In the event of violation of the recognizance, it
may be forfeited and transmitted with a memorandum of
the forfeiture to the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction to be
filed among its records and enforced as recognizances
therein taken and forfeited, the court being also empow-
ered to apply the proceeds upon collection as provided in
the preceding sections. Upon the imposition of a fine by
the magistrate he may also dispose thereof for the benefit
of wife or child or children as in the preceding sections
provided. After vacation of office by death, removal, ex-
piration of term, or otherwise, of the magistrate who has
passed an order upon conviction or submission, if there be
a violation thereof, the succeeding Magistrate for Juvenile
Causes in any county, may issue process and proceed in all
respects in regard to the defendant as the magistrate who
heard the case might do.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Section 460 of
Article 27, title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title
"Minors—Convict", of the Annotated Code of the Public
General Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition), be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

460. Minors sixteen years of age and under eighteen
years of age in Baltimore City, and minors under the age
of eighteen years elsewhere in the State, upon conviction
of any offense punishable by imprisonment, may, in the
discretion of the court or justice of the peace, instead of
imprisonment in the place provided for in the case of
offenders generally, be committed to any public or private
institution or agency, as now or hereafter provided by law.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That Section 19 of
Article 42, title "Habeas Corpus", sub-title "Procedure in
Relation to Minors", of the Annotated Code of the Public