652                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 300

ment of any arrested person, that such magistrate be required to
advise the arrested person of his constitutional rights including the
right to be assigned, retain, or waive the assistance of counsel as the
case may require, that such magistrate be required to set bond, deter-
mine probable cause, assign counsel where necessary, and perform
other functions now performed by the justices of the peace of said
county. The County Council shall require that each arrested person
be taken before such committing magistrate immediately following
arrest without delay and shall provide that all proceedings concern-
ing such arrested persons before the magistrate be recorded upon a
mechanical device and preserved until the criminal proceeding con-
cerning such arrested person is finally concluded.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 300

(House Bill 836)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 96,
98(a), 108(15) (a), (d), (e) and (f) of Article 52 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1966 Supple-
ment), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Trial Magistrates
System," and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
72, 73, 75, 77, 80(a) and (c) and 81 of Article 26 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume), title "Courts,"
subtitle "Juvenile Causes in Montgomery County," providing an
additional Montgomery County People's Court judge for juvenile
causes and method of appointment, and making the senior of said
judges the administrative officer of said court.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 96, 98(a), 108(15)(a), (d), (e) and (f) of Article 52
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and
1966 Supplement), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Trial Magis-
trates System," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

96.

(a)    The judges for juvenile causes of the People's Court of
Montgomery County shall have such jurisdiction over juvenile
causes as is provided in Article 26, subtitle "Juvenile Causes in
Montgomery County."

(b)    Whenever any minor under eighteen (18) years of age is
committed by [such] any judge of People's Court of Montgomery
County, after trial or hearing, to a suitable place of detention within
said county, such detention therein shall be temporary only for such
period of time as may be necessary until such minor is removed or
transferred to a State institution.