THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1355

magistrate or justice of the peace, or any person involved in
such case, unless by reason of a request for a jury trial or for
other cause the case shall be heard and adjudicated in a regu-
lar criminal court.

16. (Article Construed Prospectively. ) Nothing in this Arti-
cle shall be construed to extend to or to affect any person who
on June 1, 1952 is held as an inmate or prisoner of any penal
institution operated and supervised ~by the Department of Cor-
rection in this State, unless after that time he is convicted and
sentenced in a court of this State for a crime or offense listed
in Section 6 above; and it is specifically provided that one such
offense or crime committed after June 1, 1952, if followed by
conviction and sentence, shall be sufficient to bring the said
person within the application of this Article. Any person who
is held as an inmate or prisoner in any such penal institution
on June 1, 1952, and who is adjudged to have broken the terms
of any parole or probation on which he is subsequently released
shall be subject to the provisions of this Article as if he had
committed a new and separate crime or offense as listed above
in Section 6, if the offense for which he was originally convicted
was within one of the categories of said Section 6. Nothing in
this Article shall be construed to bring any person within the
application of this Article by reason of any crime or offense
committed prior to June 1, 1952, unless it is under the fore-
going provisions of this section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision,
phrase or clause of this Article or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions, phrases, or clauses or applica-
tions of this Article which can be given effect without the in-
valid provision, phrase, clause or application, and to this end
the provisions, phrases and clauses of this Article are declared
to be severable.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1, 1952, EXCEPT THAT THE CHIEF PSY-
CHIATRIST AND THE TWO ASSOCIATE PSYCHIA-
TRISTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
SHALL BE APPOINTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER
JULY 1, 1951, AT THE SALARIES PROVIDED FOR
HEREINABOVE IN THIS ACT.

Approved April 20, 1951.