J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1015

subcontractors in the construction, alteration or repair, including
painting and decorating, of projects, buildings and works which are
undertaken by the Authority or are financially assisted by it, shall
be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar con-
struction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor
in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C.
276a-276a-5), and every such employee shall receive compensation
at a rate not less than one and one-half times his basic rate of pay
for all hours worked in any workweek in excess of eight hours in
any workday or forty hours in any workweek, as the case may be.
A provision stating the minimum wages thus determined and the
requirement that overtime be paid as above provided shall be set
out in each project advertisement for bids and in each bid proposal
form and shall be made a part of the contract covering the project,
which contract shall be deemed to be a contract of the character
specified in Section 103 of the Contract Work Hours Standards Act
(76 Stat. 357,), as now or as may hereafter be in effect. The Secretary
of Labor shall have, with respect to the administration and enforce-
ment of the labor standards specified in this provision, the super-
visory, investigatory and other authority and functions set forth in
Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176,64 Stat.
1267, 5 U.S.C. 133z-15), and Section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934,
as amended (48 Stat. 948, as amended; 40 U.S.C. 276 (c)). The
requirements of this section shall also be applicable with respect
to the employment of laborers and mechanics in the construction,
alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of the tran-
sit facilities owned or controlled by the Authority where such activi-
ties are performed by a contractor pursuant to agreement with the
operator of such facilities.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 578
(Senate Bill 184)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 19 of
Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume and 1965 Supplement), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-
title "Criminal Jurisdiction", to provide that the Peoples Court of
Howard County shall have authority to grant probation before
verdict, or suspend sentence utilizing the facilities of the State
Department of Parole and Probation and setting for the procedures
for the implementation of such suspension if granted.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 19 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume and 1965 Supplement) title "Justices of
the Peace", subtitle "Criminal Jurisdiction", be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and to read as follows: