SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                     1153

11A-3.

The public defender shall perform the following duties:

Upon request of a defendant and upon order of the court, he shall
defend, at all stages of the proceedings, without expense to the
defendant, any person who is not financially able to employ counsel
and who is charged with the commission of any contempt of OR
offense triable in the Circuit Court for Frederick County. ALSO HE
SHALL DEFEND OR GIVE ADVICE AND COUNSEL TO PER-
SONS WHO ARE NOT FINANCIALLY ABLE TO EMPLOY
COUNSEL AND WHO ARE INVOLVED IN PROCEEDINGS
UNDER THE LAW CONCERNING DEFECTIVE DELINQUENTS
IN ARTICLE 31B OF THE ANNOTATED CODE, THE POST
CONVICTION LAWS IN SUBTITLE "POST CONVICTION PRO-
CEDURE" IN ARTICLE 27 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE, OR
THE LAWS CONCERNING JUVENILES IN THE SUBTITLE
"JUVENILE CAUSES", IN ARTICLE 26 OF THE ANNOTATED
CODE. The public defender shall, upon request, give counsel and
advice to such person about any charge against him upon which the
public defender is conducting the defense, and shall prosecute all
appeals to a higher court of OR courts of any person who has been
convicted, where, in his opinion, the appeal will or might reasonably
be expected to result in the reversal or modification of the judgment
of conviction.

The Board of County Commissioners of Frederick County shall
provide such secretarial assistance and room for the use of the
public defender, and such office furniture and supplies as may be
necessary to properly conduct the business of his office. Such ex-
penses shall be a charge on Frederick County.

11A-5.

The expense of printing briefs on appeal on behalf of a defendant
represented by a public defender shall be a charge to the State of
Maryland.

11A-6.

The public defender shall keep a record of all services rendered
by him in the exercise of his office and shall file an annual report
with the Board of County Commissioners of Frederick County.

11A-7.

The annual salary of the public defender shall be fixed by the
County Commissioners and he shall be reimbursed for such in-
cidental expenses as he may incur in the official course of his duties,
provided that he has secured the prior approval of the Board of
County Commissioners before incurring such expenses. The Board
of County Commissioners may, in its discretion, fix as a condition
of employment or continued employment that the Public Defender
may not engage in the private practice of law while holding office.

11A-8.

Nothing contained herein shall preclude a court, on its own motion,
or upon application by the public defender or by the indigent de-
fendant, from appointing an attorney other than the public defender

11A-4.