THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     22T

position of a child or any evidence given in the Court shall not he
admissible as evidence against the child in any case or proceeding
in any other Court, nor shall such disposition, or evidence or ad-
judication 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.

(f) Nothing contained in this section shall operate to prevent the
examination of the records of the Juvenile Court or the attendance
at its hearings by Montgomery County officials in the course of a
duly ordered investigation by the County Council for Montgomery
County.

70M. (Interference with Officers and Others having Custody of
Child—Penalty.) Any person or persons who may in any manner
whatsoever interfere with any officer of the Court in the proper dis-
charge of his duties, or may interfere with any person or persons in
whose custody any minor may be placed as aforesaid, or who may in-
terfere with or attempt to in any manner entice such child from
such custody shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than Five Dollars ($5:00) nor more
than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense.

70N. (Selection of Custodian.) In placing a child committed to
the custody of an individual, private agency or institution, the Judge,
or the Director of Social Work, or the County Welfare Board, when-
ever practicable, shall select a person, agency or institution 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 0/ 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.

70-0. (Petitions—Procedure.) (a) Whenever any person in-
forms the Court that a child is within the purview of this sub-title,
the Court shall make a preliminary inquiry to determine whether
the interests of the public or of the child require that further action
be taken. Thereupon the Court may make such informal adjustment
as is practicable without a petition, or may authorize a petition to
be filed by any person. The petition and all subsequent Court docu-
ments shall be entitled "In the interest of............................................,

a child under eighteen years of age."

The petition shall be verified and may be upon information and
belief. It shall set forth plainly: (1) the facts which bring the child
within the purview of this sub-title; (2) the name, age and residence
of the child; (S) the names and residences of his parents; (4) the
name and residence of his legal guardian if there be one, or the person
or persons having custody or control of the child, or of the nearest
known relative if no parent or guardian can be found. If any of the
facts herein required are not known by the petitioner the petition
shall so state.

(b) The Judge, if a formal hearing is to be had, shall order the
Director of Social Work to issue a writ or writs of summons for all
parties named in the proceedings as defendants, and for all wit-