WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 2197

The pendency of any such appeal or application therefor
with respect to a child shall not suspend the order of the
Judge regarding such child, nor shall it discharge such child
from the custody of the person, institution, or agency to
whose care such child shall have been committed.

847. (Rules.) The Judge shall have power to make such
rules and orders for the conduct of the Court as he may
think proper; and shall have power and authority to enforce
obedience to his orders, writs, and judgments by attachment,
and to inflict summary punishment for contempt by a fine
not exceeding in any case the sum of twenty dollars.

848. (Payment of Expenses.) The County Commissioners
of Prince George's County shall make all levies and appro-
priations necessary to provide for the payment of the sal-
aries, fees, expenses, and costs properly incurred under this
sub-title. Whenever a child is placed by the Court in the
custody of any person, agency, or institution, and no pro-
vision is otherwise made for the support of such child, com-
pensation for the care of the child, when approved by order
of the Court, shall be a charge upon and paid by the County
to the extent funds for this purpose are not provided by the
State. The County Commissioners are directed to levy to
the extent necessary to provide funds for the purposes here-
inabove specified.

849. (Declaration of Intent.) The purpose of this sub-
title is to secure for each child coming within the jurisdiction
of the Judge such care, guidance, and control, preferably in
his own home, as will best serve the child's welfare and the
interests of the State; to conserve and strengthen the child's
family ties whenever possible, removing him from the cus-
tody of his parents only when his welfare or the safety and
protection of the public cannot otherwise adequately be safe-
guarded. This sub-title shall be liberally construed to ac-
complish these purposes.

850. (Separability Clause.) If any section or sub-section
of this sub-title shall be held invalid, such holding shall not
affect any other section or sub-section of this sub-title; it
being the intention of the General Assembly in enacting this
sub-title to enact each section and each sub-section separ-
ately; and if any proviso or exception contained in any
section or sub-section of this sub-title shall be held to be
invalid, such holding shall not affect the remaining portion
of such section or sub-section; it being the intention of the