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sioners of Baltimore City shall have the authority to select sites for
the construction of the new school buildings hereby authorized;

(b)   All plans and specifications for the construction or recon-
struction of school buildings, or for additions or improvements to
school buildings, to be financed out of the proceeds derived from
the sale of the bonds herein authorized to be issued, shall be subject
to the approval of said Board of School Commissioners prior to
final acceptance of such plans and specifications, and the endorse-
ment of approval by said Board of such plans and specifications
shall be made thereon, and shall also be recorded by said Board
in its official minutes;

(c)   All changes in approved plans and specifications which may
be found necessary and expedient during the course of construc-
tion shall also be subject to the approval of the Board of School
Commissioners of Baltimore City, and shall also be recorded by
said Board in its official minutes; and

(d)   No part of the proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds
hereby authorized to be issued shall be expended without the ap-
proval of the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 21, 1967.

CHAPTER 505
(Senate Bill 430)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 20 (a) of
Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Supplement),
title "Justices of the Peace", subtitle "Criminal Jurisdiction", to
authorize the trial magistrates of Caroline County to suspend sen-
tence or costs in cases within their jurisdiction, including author-
ity to refer persons to the State Department of Parole and Proba-
tion for supervision and authority for methods of implementation
of these suspensions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 20 (a) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1966 Supplement), title "Justices of the Peace", subtitle
"Criminal Jurisdiction", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

20.

(a) In Talbot [County] and Caroline Counties all trial magis-
trates shall have and possess the power and authority to suspend
sentence or costs or both sentence and costs either generally or upon