LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 711

with any condition imposed as aforesaid, said Justice of the
Peace may order said defendant committed to jail to work
out the balance remaining unpaid in accordance with the pro-
visions of any law authorizing commitment in default of pay-
ment of fine and/or costs.

In cases where a Justice of the Peace acting pursuant to the
authority conferred by this section shall order the defendant
to pay a fine and/or costs in installments to a duly authorized
and responsible City or State agency which shall undertake
to collect and account for said installments, he shall not be
responsible for the collection of the same nor be required to
pay the same over to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
or the Register of the City of Baltimore or the Police Commis-
sioner of Baltimore City, as the case may be, nor shall hie
bond be liable for the same, except to the extent that he or
someone acting under his direction (other than a worker or
other employee of said City or State agency) has received any
part of said fine and/or costs; but said Justice of the Peace
shall include the same in the report required to be made by
him to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, the Register
of the City of Baltimore and the Police Commissioner of Balti-
more City, respectively, under Sections 733, 744 and 746 of
Article 4 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland (1938 Edi-
tion |, with a notation on said report earmarking these fines
and/or costs which have been ordered paid in installments to
a City or State agency, as aforesaid, and specifying the agency
to which said fine and/or costs were ordered paid.

14B. (1) The Justices of the Peace in and for Baltimore
City and Prince George's County (except Traffic Court Magis-
trates), in any case within their jurisdiction, shall have power,
before conviction of any person accused of crime, with the
written consent of the person so accused, and after conviction
or after plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, without such
consent, to: (a) suspend the imposition of sentence; (b) place
such person on probation before commitment; (e) and in all
such cases above named to make such written conditions of
suspension of sentence and probation as said Justices of the
Peace may deem proper.

(2) Said Justices of the Peace, at any time during the
period hereinafter set out, and after notice to the probationer
or person accused, and after full opportunity to him to be
heard either in person or by counsel, may alter, enlarge, modify
or change any one or more of such conditions, and may add
other conditions of suspension of sentence or probation—all
however, to be subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth.

(3) Said Justices of the Peace shall have power to fix the
period of probation and suspension of sentence, which period