1458 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 818

General Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition) be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

19. A minor (male or female) sixteen years of
age and under eighteen years of age in Baltimore
City, and under the age of eighteen years else-
where in the State, may be committed to a juvenile
institution for care and guardianship, if such minor be
a minor without proper care and guardianship. Such
minor is deemed to be a "minor without proper care and
guardianship" (1) if it is without a proper or permanent
place of abode or is without proper care and guardianship;
(2) or is neglected or ill-treated by its parent, guardian
or custodian; (3) or such parent, guardian or custodian
is unable or unwilling to care for or control such minor;

(4) or such parent, guardian or custodian is morally de-
praved, dissipated, addicted to the use of intoxicating
drinks or drugs, or is leading an immoral or disorderly
life, and it appears that because of such conditions on the
part of parent, guardian or custodian such minor is not
receiving necessary or reasonable good care and training;

(5) or a minor under or apparently under the age of 16
years who may be found habitually walking aimlessly along
or being on any street or public highway at an unreason-
able hour of the night or early morning, or who is found
loitering around any theater or other place of amusement
at an unreasonable hour without good reason f or doing so,
or who may be seen around or found in, around or about
questionable resorts or places of amusements, questionable
hotels or furnished room houses or houses of ill fame and
repute; (6) or if in the discretion of the officer or judge
having jurisdiction in such cases it appears by reference
to any criminal record or records of any arrests of such
minor that such minor is developing such vicious and evil
tendencies that there is apparent danger of such minor
leading a life of crime and disorder and becoming morally
depraved and degenerated, and that because of such con-
ditions it appears to be for the welfare of such minor as
well as for the peace and good order of society that it be
committed; (7) or if it appears that such minor is of such
character and surrounded by such conditions that he or she
is likely to become or is in danger of becoming vicious,
depraved or immoral. A court of record, a judge thereof
or a justice of the peace having criminal jurisdiction may
commit such minors falling within this inscription to a
juvenile institution incorporated under the laws of this
State, to be kept until 21 years of age, unless sooner dis-
charged by such institution or by due process of law, and