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costs or both fine and costs, said justice of the peace shall have power,
in his discretion, to order that said person pay said fine and/or costs
in installments of such amounts and at such times and upon such con-
ditions as said justice of the peace may fix. Said justices of the peace
may at any time revise, modify, reduce or enlarge the amount of said
installments or the time and conditions fixed for payment of the same.
Should the defendant fail to pay any installment or fail to comply
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 provisions of any law au-
thorizing commitment in default of payment of fine and/or costs.

In cases where a justice of the peace acting pursuant to the au-
thority conferred by this section shall order the defendant to pay
a fine and/or costs in installments to a duly authorized and responsi-
ble 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 shall his bond be liable for the same, except to the ex-
tent that he or someone acting under his direction (other than a
worker or other employee of a 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, 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.

19. (1) The justices of the peace in and for Baltimore, Calvert,
Charles [and] , Prince George's and Queen Anne's counties, 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 that imposition of
sentence; (b) place such person on probation before commitment;
(c) and in all such cases above named to make such written condi-
tions of suspension of sentence and probation as said justices of the
peace may deem proper; and (d) upon determining that such person
has violated any such condition, to strike out the suspension of sen-
tence and to impose such sentence as may be authorized by law and
to revoke such probation. The provisions of this section shall also
apply to St. Mary's County. Provided, however, in St. Mary's
[County] and Queen Anne's Counties any person placed on proba-
tion shall be under the supervision of the State Department of Parole
and Probation.

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

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 279
(Senate Bill 616)

AN ACT to repeal Section 322 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Queen Anne's County (1930 Edition, being Article 18 of the Code