1850 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1044

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 willfully fail or refuse to pay such sum, he
may be proceeded against as provided by law for cases of
desertion or failure to provide subsistence.

Whenever the court shall commit a child to any institution
or agency, it shall transmit with the order of commitment a
summary of its information concerning such child.

No adjudication upon the status of any child in the jurisdic-
tion of the court shall operate to impose any of the civil dis-
abilities ordinarily imposed by conviction, nor shall any child
be deemed a criminal by reason of such adjudication, nor shall
such adjudication be deemed a conviction of a crime, nor shall
any child be charged with or convicted of a crime in any
court, except that in the case when a child 16 years of age or
over is charged with an offense which would amount to a felony
in the case of an adult, the judge, after full investigation, may
waive jurisdiction and order such child held for trial under the
regular procedure of the court which would have jurisdiction
of such offense if committed by an adult; or such other court
may exercise the powers conferred upon the juvenile court in
this sub-heading in conducting and disposing of such case. The
disposition of a child or any evidence given in the court shall
not be admissible as evidence against the child in any case or
proceeding in any other court, nor shall such disposition, or
evidence or adjudication operate to disqualify a child in any
future civil-service examination, appointment, or application
for public service, under either the Government of the State of
Maryland or of Montgomery County.

547L. Any person or persons who may in any manner what-
soever interfere with any officer of the court in the proper
discharge of his duties, or may interfere with any person or
persons in whose custody any minor may be placed as afore-
said, or who may interfere with or attempt to in any manner
entice such child from such custody shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less
than five dollars ($5. 00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50. 00)
for each offense.

547M. In placing a child committed to the custody of an
individual, private agency or institution, the Magistrate, or
the Director of Social Work, or the County Welfare Board,
whenever practicable, shall select a person, agency or institu-
tion governed by persons of like religious faiths as that of
the parents of such child or in the case of a difference in
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.