1024 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 548

to pay the cost of supplies and equipment used by the
Magistrate for Juvenile Causes in Washington County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 562, 570 and 571 of Article 22 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Washington County", sub-title "Juvenile Court", as
said sections were enacted by Chapter 526 of the Acts of
1941, and the Acts of 1949, be and they are repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments; and that a new section and
two new sub-sections be and they are hereby added to said
Article and sub-title, to be known as Sections 570A, 572(i)
and 572(j) and to follow immediately after Sections 570
and 572(h) of said section, and all to read as follows:

562. (Appointment of Magistrate. ) In addition to the
Justices of the Peace otherwise provided for by law applic-
able to Washington County, there shall be appointed by the
Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, and if the
Senate shall not be in session, by the Governor, from Wash-
ington County at large, an additional Justice of the Peace,
to fill the aforesaid office of "Magistrate for Juvenile
Cases", whose term of office shall begin on the first Monday
of May, 1941, and who shall thereafter be appointed in con-
formity with the Constitution of this State, as in the case of
other Justices of the Peace. The said Magistrate shall be
a member of the Bar of the Circuit Court for Washington
County and shall not by reason of such appointment be de-
barred from practicing law in any of the Courts of this
State. The salary of said Magistrate shall be [Thirty-six]
Forty-five Hundred Dollars [($3, 600. 00)] ($4, 500. 00) per
annum, payable monthly, two-thirds by the County Com-
missioners of Washington County and the other one-third
by the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown.

570. (a) (Appointment and removal of Probation Of-
ficer. ) The Magistrate for Juvenile Cases shall appoint a
Probation Officer, who may be either male or female, who
shall be paid in monthly installments, two-thirds by the
County Commissioners of Washington County, and one-
third by the Mayor and City Council of Hagerstown, [a
salary of Twenty-four Hundred Dollars ($2400. ) per year]
such salary as is provided by the Magistrate for Juvenile
Causes, with the approval of the County Commissioners of
Washington County, and said Probation Officer may be
removed by the Magistrate for Juvenile Cases at his discre-
tion. It shall be the duty of the Probation Officer to inform
himself or herself when any child is to be brought before