The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, 1912.

Section 6. And be II enacted, Inat
the court upon the trial Of said per-
son accused of being the father o.
the said bastard child, may In us
discretion pass an order directing the
mother thereof to give bond In pen
atty not exceeding $500 with good
and sufficient securities, to the state
of MARYLAND, conditioned that sne Will
indemnify the county or city, as the
case may be, from any charge tnat
may accrue for the maintenance anu
support of the said child, until said
child reaches the age of twelve years.
and upon neglect or refusal to give
such bond, the Court may commit
her to Jail or other institution for
term not exceeding one year, or until
such bond il given, provided, however,
that the court may suspend sentence
and parole the said woman for the
term OF two years.
Section z. And be 1t enacted. That
all bonds or recognizances required
under this act to be taken or given
before justice of the peace shall be
Immediately returned by said justice
of the peace Ia copy thereof being
retained by the said justice of the
peace), to the clerk of the Circuit
Court of the county or the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City as the case
may be; and the clerk OF the court
shall record said bonds or recogniz-
ances together with any other bonds
or recognizances taken or given by
the order Of the court therein among
the proceedings Of the court.
Section s. And be it enacted, That
the court may from time to time, up
on petition of any interested party,
change or modify it's order directing
the amount that the father shall pay
for the maintenance and support OF
said child, ten days notice in writing
mailed to or left at the last known
address of the opposite party shall be
sufficient service.
Section 8. And be 1t enacted, That
the Circuit Court Of the county or
the Criminal Court Of Baltimore City,
as the case may be, shall take such
action and shall have authority to
direct the issue of such writs as may
be appropriate to enforce the bonds
provided for by this act. @.
Section 10. And be it enacted, That
upon the death of the father after
giving the bond required in section
5, the court may, upon the suggestion
of the death of the said father, sum-
mon the personal representatives and
heirs OF the said father and the Sc
curities upon the bond given As re-
quired by section 5, if such parties
be within the State, and the mother
or other person having charge of the
said child, and upon proof being Of
fered to the court of the amount of
the estate of the said decedenI fatn-
er, and upon any other points upon
which the court desires TO hear tes-
timony, the court may, in it's discrt-
ton direct and order such sum or
sums to be paid to the mother or
other person in charge o. such child,
for the maintenance and support
thereof out of the fathers estate as
may appear to the court to be Just
and proper. In no case, however, shall
the mother or other person in charge
Of said child receive more than $500
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that each of his legitimate children,
if any, would receive or more than
one-half the amount the descendants,
if any, of a deceased legitimate child
would receive as class, If the father
had died interstate. All money paid or
ordered to be paid under this section
shall be charged as debt or debts
against the estate Of the said de-
ceased father, upon payment Of the
sum or sums ordered to be paid by
the court under this section, the
bond given under section shall be
cancelled and the sureties thereon
Section H. And be it enacted, That
under this act may be
within two years from
the delivery of the mother of the bas-
tard child, except that where the per-
son accused has made payments for
the maintenance and support OF the
said child, 1t shall be sufficient II tie
be started within two
years from the last payment BY the
accused for the maintenance and
support of the said bastard child.
Section -. And be it enacted, That
whenever any principal, surety or
other person i'm interest, upon COM
petent testimony, makes it appear to
the satisfaction of any court i'm which
a bond in any bastardy case IL enter
ed upon, that by reason OF the death
OF the child or by reason Of the pay
ment Of all dues arising under said
bond, or for any other reason, the
bond should be discharged, the Court
may make such order Of discharge,
annullment or cancellation Of the
bond, or such other order as may be
deemed appropriate by the court to
discharge the obligors ON the bond.
Section 49, And be it enacted, That
Article 12 of the Code of Public Gen.
eral Laws of Maryland of the year
1904 shall continue i'm full force and
effect SO ar as the same IL applicable
to cases heretofore commenced or
hereafter commenced where the bas-
tary child was born or begotten prior
to the passage or this act.
Section IA. And be it enacted, That
the unconstitutionality OF any part or
or any section Of this act shall not