J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       187

the Acts of 1959, and Section 251 thereof having been amended
by Chapter 677 of the Acts of 1951; to repeal Section 22 of
Article 42 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Habeas Corpus", subtitle "Procedure in Relation to Minors";
and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 51, 71,
and 92 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition and 1965 Supplement), titles "Juvenile Causes" and
"Minors Without Proper Care and Guardianship", repealing the
Juvenile Court provisions in the Public Local Laws of Baltimore
City, repealing a law concerning procedure as to minors without
proper care and guardianship in Baltimore City, amending the
State Juvenile Court laws to provide that they should apply to
and within Baltimore City, providing for the jurisdiction of the
Courts of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City in certain cases
concerning juveniles and minors, and relating generally to
juvenile causes and minors without proper care and guardianship
in Baltimore City.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 239 to 257, inclusive, of the Charter and Public
Local Laws of Baltimore City (1949 Edition, being Article 4 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Baltimore
City", subtitle "Juvenile Causes", Section 240 (e) thereof having
been amended by Chapter 723 of the Acts of 1963, Sections 241
and 243 thereof having been amended by Chapter 290 of the
Acts of 1959, and Section 251 thereof having been amended by
Chapter 677 of the Acts of 1951, be and they are hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 22 of Article 42
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Habeas
Corpus", subtitle "Procedure in Relation to Minors", be and it is
hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Sections 51, 71, and 92
of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition
and 1965 Supplement), title "Juvenile Causes" and "Minors With-
out Proper Care and Guardianship", be and they are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

51.

The circuit court for each county shall have jurisdiction in
juvenile causes, as hereinafter defined. When so engaged, it shall
be known as "The Circuit Court for                       County, sitting

as a Juvenile Court, In addition to the jurisdiction now possessed
and exercised by the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, said Court
shall have jurisdiction in juvenile causes as hereinafter defined,
and a Division of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City exercising
this jurisdiction shall be known as the Division for Juvenile Causes
of said Court. The Supreme Bench of Baltimore City shall assign
a Judge or Judges of said Bench to exercise such jurisdiction.

71.

The provisions of this subtitle shall not apply to [the City of
Baltimore, or] Montgomery County.