224                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 214

"Criminal Jurisdiction," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, and to read as follows:

19.

(1) The justices of the peace in and for Baltimore, Calvert, Charles,
Montgomery, Prince George's, Harford and Queen Anne's counties,
in any case within their jurisdiction, shall have power, before con-
viction 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 conditions 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 sentence 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, how-
ever, in Calvert, Harford, St. Mary's and Queen Anne's counties
any person placed on probation 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, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 214
(House Bill 507)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 197 of
Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume), title "Licenses," subtitle "Dog Licenses in the Counties,"
repealing the special "dog license fund" provisions in Harford
County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 197 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "Licenses," subtitle "Dog Li-
censes in the Counties," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

197.

All monies arising from the dog licenses or taxes shall be kept
in a separate fund by the treasurer of the respective counties, or
tax collecting office thereof, and shall be used for the payment of
damages for the injury and killing of sheep, poultry or other livestock
in said respective counties. In the event the same are not sufficient for
the payment of all such damages the said damages shall be paid in the
order the claims are presented, and any person or persons whose claims
are not paid in any one year by reason of the lack of money to the
credit of the said fund, which is to be designated "the dog license