298                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 274

section shall be construed or applied to otherwise alter the public
local laws of Baltimore City with respect to the police department of
Baltimore City.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 274
(House Bill 400)

AN ACT to add new Section 6-24 (2) to Article 6 of the Code of
Anne Arundel County (1961 Cumulative Supplement, being Article
2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Anne
Arundel County," subtitle "Courts," subheading "Juvenile Proba-
tion Department," to follow immediately after Section 6-24 (1)
thereof, providing authority for the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel
County to assess a nominal percentage charge on monies ordered
by said court and by the People's Court of Anne Arundel County
to be paid by fathers or husbands to support their children or in
payment of alimony OR ON MONIES ORDERED BY SAID
COURTS TO BE PAID BY CHILDREN FOR THE SUPPORT
OF THEIR PARENTS, for the purpose of defraying expenses in
the County's Juvenile Probation Department which office adminis-
ters the program.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 6-24 (2) be and it is hereby added to Article 6 of
the Code of Anne Arundel County (1961 Cumulative Supplement,
being Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Anne Arundel County," subtitle "Courts," subheading "Juvenile
Probation Department," to follow immediately after Section 6-24 (1)
thereof, and to read as follows:

6-24.

(2) The Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County shall and is hereby

authorized to assess a charge of 2% of monies ordered by said court

and by the People's Court of Anne Arundel County to be paid by

errant fathers or husbands to support their children or in payment
of alimony for the purpose of defraying expenses in the County's
Juvenile Probation Department which office administers the program.

(2) THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
SHALL, AND IS HEREBY, AUTHORIZED TO ASSESS A
CHARGE OF 2%, OVER AND ABOVE AND BASED UPON
MONIES, ORDERED BY SAID COURT AND BY THE PEOPLES
COURT OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY TO BE PAID BY
ERRANT FATHERS OR HUSBANDS, TO SUPPORT THEIR
CHILDREN, OR IN PAYMENT OF ALIMONY, INCLUDING
MONIES WHICH CHILDREN ARE ORDERED TO PAY FOR THE
SUPPORT OF PARENTS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING