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habitually begging or receiving alms, whether actually begging or
under the pretense of peddling or offering for sale anything, or being
in any street, road or public place for the purpose of so begging,
gathering or receiving alms; that is found wandering and not having
any home or settled place of abode or proper guardianship or visible
means of subsistence; that is found destitute, either being an orphan
or having a vicious parent who is undergoing penal servitude or
imprisonment; that frequents the company of reputed thieves or
prostitutes, or houses of assignation or prostitution, or dance-
houses, concert saloons, varieties, or places specified in Section 765
hereof, without a parent or guardian, shall be arrested and brought
before [a Court or Justice of the Peace] the Municipal Court of
Baltimore City. When, upon examination before [a] the Court
[or Justice of the Peace], it shall appear that any such child has
been engaged in any of the aforesaid acts, or comes within any of
the aforesaid descriptions, such Court [of Justice], when [he] it
shall deem it expedient for the welfare of the child, shall commit
such child to an orphan asylum, charitable or other institute, or
make such other disposition thereof as now is or may hereafter
be provided by law in case of vagrants, truant, disorderly, pauper
or destitute children; provided, however, that none of the provisions
of this sub-division of this Article shall be construed so as to prevent
children from selling or offering for sale newspapers.

Sec. 32. And be it further enacted, That Article 38 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1960 Supplement), title "Fines and For-
feitures," Section 5 (a), be, and the same is hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

§ 5 (a) Generally.—One half of the fines imposed and recog-
nizances forfeited to the circuit court for the several counties of
the State, shall be paid to the clerks of the respective courts, to be
expended under the direction of the judge or judges of said courts,
for the augmentation of the libraries of said courts, and one half
of the fines and recognizances received by the city treasurer of
Baltimore City from the [justices of the peace in] Municipal Court
of Baltimore City and the Sheriff of Baltimore City, as adjudged
by and accruing in the criminal courts of Baltimore City, and col-
lected and received by or through the said Sheriff, shall be paid by
the City treasurer to the Library Company of the Baltimore Bar
for its use and benefit, said sum to the Library Company of the
Baltimore Bar not to exceed, however, in any year the sum of
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). This section not to apply to
Queen Anne's, Anne Arundel and Talbot counties. No commission
or charge shall be paid to any clerk of the court for collecting and
paying over said fines. In Baltimore County, this section shall not
apply to fines imposed in gambling cases.

Sec. 33. And be it further enacted, That Article 64A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Merit System",
Sections 5 and 6, headed "Traffic Court of Baltimore City—Proba-
tion Officer" and "Other Employees," be, and the same are hereby
repealed.

SEC. 33A. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT SECTION
59 OF ARTICLE 88A OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARY-
LAND (1957 EDITION), TITLE "STATE DEPARTMENT OF