J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     681

minister of religion, if he shall desire one, and the members of his
family.]

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

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 387
(House Bill 7)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 679 and 680 of Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1965 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments," subtitle "Places of Reformation and Punishment," sub-
heading "Department of Correction," sub-subheadings respectively
"Correctional Director" and "Industries Director" and to enact a
new Section 679 in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the
sections repealed and to be under the new sub-subheading "Deputy
Commissioner of Correction," and to add new Section 5 to
Article 64A of the said Code (1964 Replacement Volume), title
"Merit System," to follow immediately after Section 4 thereof,
to repeal two administrative positions within the Department of
Correction and to replace both positions with an official called the
Deputy Commissioner of Correction, to provide for his tenure,
powers, duties, salary and for the merit system status of this
position MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS TO ANOTHER RE-
LATED POSITION and relating generally to the Department of
Correction.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 679 and 680 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1965 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments,"
subtitle "Places of Reformation and Punishments," subheading
"Department of Correction," sub-subheadings respectively "Correc-
tional Director" and "Industries Director," be and they are hereby
repealed and that new Section 679 be and it is hereby added in lieu
thereof, to stand in the place of the sections so repealed and to be
under the new sub-subheading "Deputy Commissioner of Correc-
tion," to read as follows:

Article 27
679.

The office of Deputy Commissioner of Correction is created. He
shall be appointed by the Commissioner, for an indefinite term at the
pleasure of the Commissioner and shall not be subject to the pro-
visions of Article 64A of this Code. He shall be a person with
adequate knowledge of penal institutions and systems of prison-use
and institutional-use programs and with executive experience
therein. Subject to departmental policy as established from time to
time by the Commissioner, he is generally in charge of custodial
matters, of problems and procedures for treatment and rehabilitation
of inmates in the several institutions and agencies in the Depart-
ment, of prison-use and institutional-use programs and work in the