840                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 498

(b)  The Department shall be in charge of the supervision of all
persons placed on probation by the Court and over whom the Court
may otherwise retain jurisdiction.

(c)  The Department shall make such preliminary investigation of
any person subject to the jurisdiction of the Court as may be directed
by the Judge and shall transmit to the Judge its findings and recom-
mendations in writing whenever so requested by the Judge.

(d)  In making such investigations and in otherwise supervising
persons under the jurisdiction of the Court, the Department shall
have full authority to make use of the psychiatric and psychological
services of the Anne Arundel County Health Department.

(e)  The Department shall keep accurate records and statistics on
the number of cases which come under the jurisdiction of the Court,
said records and statistics to be available to the Court whenever
needed.

21 SC. Personnel. The Department shall consist of the following
personnel:

(a)  A Director of Probation, who shall be a graduate of an ac-
credited school of social work and who shall have had previous ex-
perience or field work in an authoritative agency.

(b)  Such number of Assistant Probation Officers, who shall have
successfully completed at least two years of schooling in an accredited
College or University, or its equivalent in the discretion of the Court,
and such number of other personnel as shall be deemed necessary to
carry on the work of the Department, said numbers to be determined
by the Judge with the approval of the County Business Manager.

213D. Appointments, (a) The Director of Probation shall be
appointed by the Judge of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County
sitting as a Juvenile Court. The Judge shall, in his sole discretion,
have the right to remove the Director of Probation at any time for
incompetency or neglect of duty, upon thirty (30) days' written notice
of the date of removal.

(b) All other personnel in the Department shall be appointed by
the County Business Manager upon the recommendation of the
Director of Probation with the approval of the Court, and may be
removed at any time by said Director, with the approval of the Court
and the County Business Manager, upon thirty (30) days' written
notice of the date of removal.

213E. Duties of Personnel, (a) Director of Probation. Under the
supervision and administrative direction of the Court, the Director of
Probation shall be in full charge of the Department and shall set
up procedures, rules and regulations for carrying out the functions
and duties of the Department. He shall be responsible for the direct
supervision and administration of all personnel in the Department.
He shall keep himself and the Court informed of the availability of
other community agencies for handling children's problems. He shall
make every effort to screen all cases before petitions are made out
against persons who might be brought before the Court.

(b) Assistant Probation Officers. The Assistant Probation Of-
ficers shall perform such duties as they may be called upon to perform