J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1427

essential academic records of certain former students with the
State Superintendent of Schools by nonpublic educational institu-
tions of secondary school or collegiate level, when said educational
institutions are discontinuing operation.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 25A be and it is hereby added to Article 77 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1962 Supplement),
title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 3. State Board of Educa-
tion," to follow immediately after Section 25 of said Article, and to
read as follows:

25A.

(a)   Prior to the discontinuance of operations of any non-public
secondary school or collegiate institution, however designated, oper-
ating within the State of Maryland, including those operated by bona
fide church organizations, the chief administrative officer, by what-
ever title designated, of any such school or institution proposing to
discontinue its operations shall cause to be filed with the State Super-
intendent of Schools the originals or legible true copies of all essential
records pertaining to the academic achievements of all former stu-
dents who attended the said school during the preceding twenty-five
years. Such records shall be so prepared as to present as a separate
document the academic record of each such former student, and, as
to secondary schools, shall provide such academic information as is
customarily required by colleges when considering students for ad-
mission; and, as to collegiate institutions, shall provide such academic
information as is customarily required by colleges and universities
when considering students for transfer or advanced study. The State
Superintendant of Schools shall maintain a permanent file of such
records within the Department of Education.

(b)   Any person who wilfully fails or refuses to comply with the
provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon con-
viction, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor
more than $1,000.00 for each violation.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1963.

Approved April 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 684
(House Bill 661)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 108 (16)
(b) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supple-
ment), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Trial Magistrates
System," eliminating the requirement that the Judges of the Peo-
ple's Court of Prince George's County shall hold a term of Court
at Capitol Heights and permitting the People's Court to sit at other
places in Prince George's County.