J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      565

CARROLL, Kent and Charles counties has sentenced a person to pay a
fine or 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
conditions 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 authorizing 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 responsible
city or State agency which shall undertake to collect and account
for such installments, he shall not be responsible for the collection
of the same, nor shall his bond be liable for the same, except to the
extent 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, Montgomery, Prince George's, CARROLL, Kent 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) Sus-
pend 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 au-
thorized by law and to revoke such probation. The provisions of
this section shall also apply to St. Mary's County. Provided, how-
ever, in Kent, CARROLL, Calvert, St. Mary's and Queen Anne's coun-
ties 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.