Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1795

(e)    "Dependent" or "neglected child" means any child who is
destitute or homeless or abandoned or dependent upon the public
for support or is without proper care and guardianship, or is unlaw-
fully kept out of school, or mentally handicapped, or is found living
in conditions endangering his physical or mental well being.

(f)    A child who is a dependent child by reason of being "mentally
handicapped" is one who is or may be expected to be partially or
totally incapacitated for education or remunerative occupation be-
cause of retarded mental development or severe emotional disturb-
ance; is or may be a danger to himself or the person or property
of others due to severe emotional disturbance; or who is mentally
defective or mentally ill.

(g)    "Child in need of supervision" means a child subject to
compulsory school attendance who is habitually a truant from school;
or who, without substantial fault on the part of his parents, guard-
ian, or other custodian, is habitually disobedient, ungovernable and
beyond their control, or who, without just cause or consent deserts
his home or place of abode, or who so deports himself as to injure
or endanger himself or others; or who has committed an offense
applicable only to children.

76.

Except as otherwise provided, the people's court judge for juvenile
causes of Montgomery County shall have the following jurisdiction
and powers:

[(a) He shall possess the same powers as a justice of the peace
or magistrate for criminal causes, or judge of the People's Court of
Montgomery County now or may hereafter have as defined by law.]

[(b)](a) [He] The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction [over
other justices of the peace or trial magistrates or People's Court
judges] in proceedings concerning any child within Montgomery
County who is alleged to be [dependent] delinquent, dependent,
neglected, [or is a minor without proper care and guardianship]
or to be in need of supervision; and except where the child is under
the jurisdiction of [another court] a circuit court of the State of
Maryland, [he] the court shall have the power to determine the
custody of the person of any child living within the county whose
welfare appears to be endangered, and to determine parental rights
in connection with such proceedings and to order either the father
or mother of said child to pay such sum as will cover in whole or in
part the support of such child after giving the parents a reasonable
opportunity to be heard. [; provided, however, he shall have no
jurisdiction in any instance in which a child between the ages of 16
and 18 years is charged with the violation of any provision of
Article 66½ of the Annotated Code, or of any other traffic law or
ordinance, other than manslaughter by automobile, unauthorized
use or occupancy of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle while
under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or tampering
with a motor vehicle.]

[(c)](b) [He] The judge shall have power to place any child
found to be delinquent, dependent or neglected or a child [without
proper care or guardianship] who is in need of supervision in the