HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 963

to follow immediately after Section 48 of said Article, and
to be under a new sub-title "Juvenile Causes"; to repeal
and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 50 and 58 of Article

26 of said Code (1943 Supplement), title "Courts", sub-
title "Minors Without Proper Care or Guardianship"; to
repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 460 of Article

27 of said Code (1943 Supplement), title "Crimes and Pun-
ishments", sub-title "Minors—Convict"; to repeal and re-
enact with amendments Section 19 of Article 42 of said Code
(1943 Supplement), and to repeal Sections 20 and 21 of said
Article, title "Habeas Corpus", sub-title "Procedure in Re-
lation to Minors", relating to the judicial status of juvenile
causes, providing that the Circuit Court in each county
shall have exclusive jurisdiction in such matters, defining
the organization and procedure of said Court while sitting
in equity for juvenile causes, amending the law as to the
imprisonment of minors and as to habeas corpus procedure,
and abolishing the offices of Magistrates for Juvenile Causes;
to repeal Sections 83 to 92, inclusive, of Article 52 of said
Code (1939 Edition and 1943 Supplement), title "Justices of
the Peace", sub-title "Magistrates for Juvenile Causes"; to re-
peal Ch. 171 of the Acts of 1914 (Appendix to Article 3 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, 1930 Edition, title
"Baltimore County"), relating to the Juvenile Court for said
county; to repeal Sections 178 to 192, inclusive, of Article
13 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), title "Harford County", sub-title "Circuit Court",
sub-heading "Juvenile Court"; to repeal Sections 292 to 296,
inclusive, of Article 21 of the Code of Public Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title ''Talbot County", sub-title "Justices
of the Peace and Constables", sub-heading "Juvenile Court";
to repeal all other laws inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That 21 new sections be and they are hereby added to
Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition),
title "Courts", said new sections to be known as Sections 48A
to 48U, inclusive, to follow immediately after Section 48 of
said Article, to be under the new sub-title "Juvenile Causes",
and to read as follows:

JUVENILE CAUSES

48A. The Circuit Court for each county shall have jurisdic-
tion in juvenile causes, as hereinafter defined. When so en-
gaged, it shall be known as "The Circuit Court for —————
County, sitting as a Juvenile Court".