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respective counties. Whenever a child is placed by the Court
in the custody of any person, agency or institution and no
provision is otherwise made for the support of such child,
compensation for the care of such child, when approved by
order of the Court, shall be a charge upon and paid by the
County to the extent funds for this purpose are not provided
by the State, and the County Commissioners are directed to
levy to the extent necessary to provide funds for the purposes
hereinabove specified.

48T. All cases pending before any magistrate or any magis-
trate for juvenile causes, in any county, on June 1, 1945, shall
be transferred to the Circuit Court of that county, sitting in
equity for juvenile causes. All such cases shall be disposed of
by the Judge according to the provisions of this sub-title.

48U. The provisions of this sub-title shall not apply to the
City of Baltimore or Washington, Allegany, or Montgomery
Counties.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 50 and 58
of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Sup-
plement), title "Courts", sub-title "Minors Without Proper
Care or Guardianship", be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

50. Any reputable person being a resident of the State
of Maryland, having knowledge of a child in any county of
said State who appears to be a minor without proper care or
guardianship, if in the City of Baltimore said child appears
to be a minor sixteen years of age or older or if in any county
said child appears to be a minor eighteen years of age or older,
said child not being an inmate of a State institution, or of
any institution incorporated under the laws of the State of
Maryland for the care and correction of children, or of any
reform school or industrial school for juvenile offenders, and
having knowledge of the person or persons responsible for or
contributing to the condition of said child, may file with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county, or of the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City, a petition in writing, setting forth
the facts verified by affidavit; or the judge of the Circuit
Court for the county in which the child resides or of the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City, on his personal knowledge,
or on information given him may direct such petition to be
filed by a duly appointed probation officer, or by the State's
Attorney for the county. The petition shall set forth the
name and residence of the child, and of its parents or
guardians, or other persons having the custody, control or