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effected by this Act or transferred to the State Department of Juve-
nile Services, are transferred to and shall be in the custody and pos-
session of, and credited to, the State Department of Juvenile Services.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That with funds therefor
provided in the Budget, the Director of the State Department of
Juvenile Services shall appoint a firm of professional consultants and
contract to have provided for the Department, the Governor, and the
General Assembly, not later than February 1, 1967, a study and
assessment of Maryland's present program and facilities for the
treatment and control of juvenile delinquency, together with recom-
mendations for the variety and number of facilities and services
needed to carry out the purposes and objectives of the State Depart-
ment of Juvenile Services, proper units and caseload formulae for
its probation and court service personnel, the number of detention
and training school beds needed for the following ten years, and
other information needed to plan for and to implement the purposes
and objectives of the Department.

SEC. 10A. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR 1967 ONLY, FUNDS OR POSITIONS IN-
CLUDED IN THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE STATE DE-
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE AND THE STATE DE-
PARTMENT OF PAROLE AND PROBATION FOR JUVENILE
SERVICES AS PROVIDED IN THIS ACT MAY BE TRANS-
FERRED TO AND AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES CREATED HEREIN
WHEN DETERMINED TO BE NECESSARY BY THE BUDGET
BUREAU AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of
laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed to the
extent of the inconsistency.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That if any portion of this
Act is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the unconstitutionally
or invalidity do not extend to any other portion or portions of this
Act, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1966.

Approved April 14, 1966.

CHAPTER 127
(Senate Bill 235)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 239 to 257, inclusive, of the Charter and
Public Local Laws of Baltimore City (1949 Edition, being Article
4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Baltimore
City", subtitle "Juvenile Causes", Section 240 (e) thereof having
been amended by Chapter 723 of the Acts of 1963, Sections
241 and 243 thereof having been amended by Chapter 290 of