1500                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 695

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved May 4, 1967.

CHAPTER 695

(Senate Bill 568)

AN ACT to add new Section 689 (g) to Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1966 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments", subtitle "Places of Reformation and Punishment", sub-
heading "Department of Correction", subheading "Institutions",
to follow immediately after Section 689 (f) thereof; to repeal
Section 690 of the said Article, subtitle and subheadings of the
Code, and to enact a new Section 690 in lieu thereof, to stand in
the place of the section so repealed; to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Sections 691, 693, 697, 698, 699, 700A (a), 701 and
702 of the said Article, subtitle and subheading of the Code, sub-
headings respectively "Prisoners" and "Miscellaneous"; to provide
that sentences of prisoners formerly made by judges and trial
magistrates to particular institutions under the control of the
Department of Correction shall be made after the effective date
of this Act to the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction,
to authorize the Department to establish receiving and classifica-
tion centers for prisoners, to authorize the Department to hold,
assign and transfer prisoners among the State prison institutions
as it deems necessary and to amend laws relating to prisoners in
order to make such laws conform to the provisions of this Act.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 689 (g) be and it is hereby added to Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Supplement), title "Crimes
and Punishments", subtitle "Places of Reformation and Punish-
ment", subheading "Department of Correction", subheading "Insti-
tutions", to follow immediately after Section 689 (f) thereof; that
Section 690 of the said Article, subtitle and subheadings of the Code,
be and it is hereby repealed, and that a new Section 690 be and it
is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the section
so repealed; that Sections 691, 693, 697, 698, 699, 700A (a), 701 and
702 of the said Article, subtitle and subheading of the Code, sub-
headings respectively "Prisoners" and "Miscellaneous", be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and all to
read as follows:

689.

(g) Such receiving and classification center or centers as may be
established by the Department either at one of the institutions
enumerated in this section or elsewhere.