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(2)    Over persons alleged to be dependent children;

(3)    Over children alleged to be neglected children;

(4)    Over children alleged to be in need of supervision;

(5)    Over children alleged to be mentally handicapped;

(6)    Over proceedings arising under Sections 387 through 395,
inclusive, of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965
Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement, as amended) title "Gov-
ernor—Executive and Administrative Departments," subtitle "35—
Interstate Compact on Juveniles";

(7)    To try any person who has reached his eighteenth birthday
(or, in Baltimore City, until July 1, 1971, to try any person who has
reached his sixteenth birthday), for any willful act or omission
causing a child to be adjudicated neglected, delinquent, or in need of
supervision.

70-2. Jurisdiction generally.

(d) Exemptions.—The court does not have jurisdiction over:

(1)    A proceeding involving a child who has reached his 14th
birthday, alleged to have done an act which, if committed by an
adult, would be a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment
(including a lesser offense or an offense arising out of the act alleged
to have been committed), unless an order removing the proceeding to
the juvenile court has been filed pursuant to Section 594A of Article
27;

(2)    A proceeding involving a child who has reached his 16th
birthday, alleged to have done an act in violation of any provision
of Article 66-½ or any other traffic law or ordinance (other than
manslaughter by automobile, unauthorized use or occupancy of a
motor vehicle, tampering with a motor vehicle, or [,] operating a vehi-
cle under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs).

144. Qualifications of judges; compensation and expenses; pension.

(d) Every judge of the District Court who elects to receive
the pension provided in subsection (b) of this section or who is
otherwise under this pension plan, shall contribute toward the cost
of his pension an amount equal to six per centum (6%) of his annual
compensation which shall be deducted from his compensation each
pay period and paid to the State Treasurer. Contributions shall not
be retroactive with respect to those full-time judges already in office
and carried over into the District Court by the provisions of this
subtitle but shall commence for those judges on the effective date of
this subtitle. The election provided for in this subsection must be
exercised within six (6) months of the first Monday in July 1971
provided that any judge who initially does not elect to be under the
pension plan provided for in this subsection SECTION, but later
wishes to do so, must, upon such election, pay in a lump sum in
addition to the annual contributions provided for in this subsection,
an amount equal to the contributions he would have made if initially
under the plan for each year after the first Monday in July 1971,
plus interest of four percent (4%). The provisions of subsections
(b), (c) and (d) of this Section [143] 144 shall apply to the full-