PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 869

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That said commission is hereby
empowered to summon witnesses to appear before it and to
examine witnesses under oath administered by an officer of
the State authorized to administer oaths.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said commission is hereby
directed to report the results of its investigation with such
recommendations as it may approve, to the next session of the
General Assembly.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the invalidity of any sec-
tion or of any part of this act shall not affect in any way the
validity of any other sections or of any other parts of this act.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 597.

AN ACT to provide employment at hard labor for certain classes
of prisoners who may be confined in the County Jail of
Garrett county or other persons of Garrett county under
sentence imposed by the Circuit Court for Garrett County or
any of the justices of the peace of said county having crim-
inal jurisdiction.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That certain additional sections, to be numbered 251,
252, 253 and 254, under sub-title "Crimes and Punishments,"
be and the same are hereby added to Article 20 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Garrett County,"
and sections to be and remain a part of the local law for Gar-
rett county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in addition to any sentence
of confinement in the County Jail of Garrett county which may
be imposed in cases of conviction for assault, drunkenness, dis-
orderly conduct, disturbing the public peace, vagrancy or petit
larceny, where the punishment described by law shall not
exceed one year's imprisonment in the penitentiary or house of
correction by the Circuit Court for Garrett County, or any
justice of the peace for Garrett county having criminal juris-
diction, said Court or justice may, in the discretion of said
Court or justice, also in said 'sentence direct that any prisoner
over sixteen years of age who may be convicted of any of the.
offences enumerated as above shall be subject to perform hard