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title "Courts", sub-title "Juvenile Causes", providing that the
jurisdiction provided in disputed paternity cases shall be subject
to other specific limitations in bastardy cases.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 52 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Courts", sub-title "Juvenile Causes", be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, to read as
follows:

52. Except as otherwise provided herein the Judge shall have
(a) original, exclusive jurisdiction concerning any child who is de-
pendent, delinquent, neglected or feeble-minded; (b) original juris-
diction to determine paternity of such a child in disputed cases sub-
ject to the period or periods of limitations provided in SECTION 15
OF Article 12 of this Code as amended from time to time or any other
specific provisions for limitations in cases of bastardy heretofore or
hereafter enacted; RELATING TO CASES OF BASTARDY; (c)
original, exclusive jurisdiction to try, subject to the right of trial
toy jury unless waived, as hereinafter provided, any parent, guar-
dian or other adult for any wilful act or omission contributing
to, encouraging or tending to cause any condition bringing a child
within the jurisdiction of the court. Nothing herein contained shall
deprive other courts of the right to determine the custody of children
upon writs of habeas corpus or to determine the custody or guar-
dianship of children when such custody or guardianship is incidental
to the determination of cases pending in such other courts.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved April 15, 1957.

CHAPTER 753
(Senate Bill 643)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 307 (b)
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Supple-
ment), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Income Tax", rela-
ting to the time for the distribution of a portion of the State in-
come tax to the several political sub-divisions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 307 (b) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1956 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "In-
come Tax", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

307. (b) Distribution to counties and cities.—As soon as practi-
able after the [collection of income taxes from individual residents

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.