1738 ARTICLE 41

1939, ch. 406, sec. 55A.

84. The Director of Parole and Probation and any of his duly qualified
officers and agents are authorized and empowered to arrest any paroled
prisoner who has violated any of the terms or conditions of his parole.

If any parole officer shall have reasonable cause to believe that any
paroled prisoner has violated the conditions of his parole in any important
respect, the said parole officer shall report such fact to the Director of
Parole and Probation, who, thereupon shall issue a warrant for the retak-
ing of such paroled prisoner and his return to the institution from whence
he was paroled.

Whenever the Director of Parole and Probation shall issue a warrant
for the retaking of any paroled prisoner, he shall within a reasonable time
thereafter conduct at any convenient place a hearing to determine whether
or not the parole issued to such paroled prisoner shall be revoked. If the
alleged violator of parole shall be within this State, he shall be given an
opportunity to appear personally and explain the charges made against
him, If the Director of Parole and Probation shall find that the said
paroled prisoner has in fact violated his parole, he shall declare that such
paroled prisoner has in fact violated his parole and shall issue an order
in writing remanding him to the institution from which he was paroled,
there to serve out the time owed on his original sentence calculated from
the date of his release on parole, provided, however, that the said Director
may, in his discretion, order such delinquent paroled prisoner to serve
in prison the unexpired portion of his term calculated from his delinquent
act rather than from the date of his release on parole.

Whenever any paroled prisoner shall be convicted of any crime com-
mitted while on parole, and shall be sentenced as a penalty therefor, to an
additional period of incarceration in any institution within this State, the
time to be served on the original term shall run consecutive to such new sen-
tence, and be served in confinement prior to the beginning thereof, unless
expressly ordered to the contrary by the judge imposing such new sentence.
If the crime is committed in another State, the Director of Parole and Pro-
bation shall file with the Warden or Superintendent of the penal institution
in such other state in which such paroled prisoner may be confined in
penalty thereof, a declaration of violation of parole to serve as a detainer
upon his release from such institution.

1939, ch. 406, sec. 55B.

85. It shall be the duty of the Director of Parole and Probation to
make such investigations of applicants for Executive Clemency as the
Governor may require, and the Director shall make recommendations con-
cerning such applications when requested by the Governor. It shall also
be the duty of the Director of Parole and Probation to supervise the con-
duct of any persons released into his custody on conditional pardons granted
by the Governor; and he shall immediately report to the Governor any
breach of the conditions of any such conditional pardon.

1939, ch. 406, sec. 55C.

86. Whenever the Circuit Court of any County or the Criminal Court
of Baltimore City shall suspend the. sentence of any person convicted of
crime, and shall direct such person to continue, for a certain time, or until
otherwise ordered, under the supervision of the Director of Parole and