1698 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 976

child as herein defined, and any person charged by law
with the care, support or maintenance of any such child
and who wilfully fails, neglects or refuses to care for, sup-
port or maintain said child, or who abandons such child
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
or pleading guilty thereof, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than five hundred ($500) dollars or imprisoned
not exceeding two years, or both fined and imprisoned;
upon any such conviction the Magistrate for Juvenile
Causes shall have power to impose sentence as aforesaid,
or may suspend sentence and place such adult on proba-
tion and by order impose upon such adult during such
period of probation such duty as shall be deemed to be for
the best interest of the child or other person convicted;
and each day of such failure, neglect or refusal shall con-
stitute a separate offense. Any person pleading guilty, or
tried, convicted and sentenced under this sub-title for the
abandonment of, or for the neglect of, or failure to main-
tain or support a child as herein defined shall be sentenced
as hereinbefore stated, or may, in lieu thereof, be paroled
on such terms as said Magistrate for Juvenile Causes may
deem proper, the performance of said terms to be secured
by the detention of the offender or by recognizance entered
into by or on his or her behalf, as 'said Magistrate for
Juvenile Causes may adjudge.

374A. Any person charged by law with the care, sup-
port or maintenance of any such child and who wilfully
fails or neglects, or refuses to care for, support or main-
tain said child, or who abandons such child, while such
child is a resident of Allegany County, Maryland, or is
temporarily residing therein with the knowledge of such
person charged by law with its care, support or mainte-
nance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor as pro-
vided for in the preceding section and each day of such
failure, neglect or refusal shall constitute a separate
offense, even though the person charged by law with the
care, support or maintenance of such child has left Alle-
gany County, and has not been physically present therein.

374AA. Any person charged with the violation of any of
the three preceding Sections shall have a right to trial by
jury and if a jury trial is not freely waived, the Magistrate
for Juvenile Causes shall release the accused upon his giv-
ing bond with sufficient surety, conditioned upon his per-
sonal appearance before the Circuit Court for Allegany
County to answer said charge. If such bond is not given,
said Magistrate shall commit such party to jail.