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(a) No person shall operate or drive a [motor] vehicle,
street car or trackless trolley on the public highways of this
State in a race or in a speed contest, or on a bet or wager.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1951.

Approved February 12, 1951.

CHAPTER 12
(House Bill 17)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
48D of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947
Supplement), title "Courts", sub-title "Juvenile Causes", as
said section was amended by Chapter 37 of the Acts of 1950,
providing that the judges when exercising jurisdiction in
juvenile causes shall have no jurisdiction in cases where
minors are charged with violating the motor vehicles laws
except those enumerated in said Section 48D.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 48D of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Courts", sub-title "Juve-
nile Causes", as said section was amended by Chapter 37 of the
Acts of 1950, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

48D. Any child brought before the Judge in the exercise of
the aforesaid jurisdiction shall be charged only as a dependent
child, a delinquent child, a neglected child, a feeble-minded
child, or as a child coming within two or more of these terms,
and shall not be charged with the commission of any crime.
The Judge shall then determine whether or not such child
comes within any of the aforesaid terms and is, by reason
thereof, in need of care or treatment within the provisions and
intent of this sub-title. If any such child is charged with the
commission of an act or acts which would amount to a misde-
meanor or felony if committed by an adult, the Judge, after

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