THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   719

CHAPTER 427
(Senate Bill 94)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 8 of
Article 12 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Bastardy and fornication"; to repeal Section 9 of said
Article and to re-enact a new Section 9 in lieu thereof, said new
section to stand in the place and stead of the section so repealed;
to add Section 7-A to said Article, said new section to follow
immediately after Section 7 thereof, and to add Sections 9-A,
9-B

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 8 of Article 12 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Bastardy and fornication", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; that Section 9
be and the same is hereby repealed and that a new Section 9 be
and the same is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, said new section to
stand in the place and stead of the section so repealed; that a new
Section 7-A be and the same is hereby added to said Article, the
said new section to follow immediately after Section 7 thereof; and
that Sections 9-A, 9-B and 9-C be and the same are hereby added to
said Article, said new sections to follow immediately after Section
9 thereof, all to read as follows:

7-A. Whenever a person is accused of bastardy on the sworn
complaint of the mother of a bastard child, and before any pro-
ceedings shall have been initiated by the State's Attorney OR
IS SO ACCUSED BY ANY INDICTMENT OR CRIMINAL IN-
FORMATION AND the accused person shall offer to make a lump
sum settlement to a depository designated by the Court having juris-
diction, to be held in escrow, and paid to the complainant in equal
installments as designated by the State's Attorney, unless otherwise
ordered by the Court, in an amount sufficient to cover the accused's
obligations to support the bastard child of the complainant during
the period provided for in this Article, and the complainant shall
agree to accept such settlement , then the State's Attorney, after
satisfying himself that the amount of the settlement is an adequate
contribution to the support of the bastard child and that the com-
plainant has been properly advised as to her rights and is competent
to accept such settlement, shall prepare an agreement setting for
FORTH the terms of the settlement and submit the same to the
Judge of the Circuit Court of the County (or Criminal Court of Bal-
timore City as the case may be) for approval. Whenever any such
settlement shall be approved by the Court AND the record of such
settlement shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the

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