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representatives of the public department or court having general
charge of the care of committed delinquent children may visit and
inspect at reasonable times any houses in which children committed
by the courts or other public agencies are retained.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That as of July 1, 1967, Sec-
tions 56, 69, and 70 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Courts", subtitle "Juvenile Causes", be
and they are hereby repealed and that new Section 69 be and it is
hereby enacted in lieu thereof to stand in the place of the Section 69
so repealed, and to read as follows:

Article 26.
69.

Any judge or judges of any of the eight judicial circuits who
otherwise have not power to appoint a Master or Masters-in-Chan-
cery may appoint a Master or Masters-in-Chancery for the purposes
of this subtitle. Any Master or Masters-in-Chancery appointed under
authority of this section shall receive such annual salary as may be
fixed by the Board of County Commissioners or County Council or
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, as the case may be, MAY
PROVIDE IN ITS BUDGET, to be paid by the particular political
subdivision. Any Master-in-Chancery shall perform his duties under
the supervision of the judge or judges who appointed him and in
accordance with the rules and procedures of that court.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That as of July 1, 1967, Section
62 of said Article 26 (1957 Edition), title "Courts", subtitle "Juve-
nile Causes", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

62.

Whenever the judge, under Section 61, places a child in the cus-
tody of its parents, or either of them, or in the custody of someone
other than the child's parents or in the custody of an agency or
institution, including but not limited to one of the several training
schools or any other institution under the direction and control of
the [State Department of Public Welfare] Department of Juvenile
Services, the judge may, after giving the parent or parents a reason-
able opportunity to be heard, order that such parent or parents shall
pay in such manner as the court may direct, such sum as will cover
in whole or in part the support of such child and if such parent or
parents shall wilfully fail or refuse to pay such sum, the judge may
proceed against such parent or parents as for contempt.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That as of July 1, 1967, Sec-
tions 646 through 666, inclusive, of Article 27 of said Code (1957
Edition and 1965 Supplement), title "Places of Reformation and
Punishment", subheadings "The House of the Good Shepherd", "House
of the Good Shepherd for Colored Girls", "Boys' Village of Mary-
land", "Maryland Training School for Boys", "Montrose School for
Girls", and "St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys", be and they are
hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That as of July 1, 1967, Sec-
tions 3 and 13 (a) of Article 88A of the Annotated Code of Maryland