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it wishes the applicant to produce. The interview shall be con-
ducted in a question and answer fashion, and a written transcript
shall be made of all such questions and answers.

(2)    When the testimony is fully transcribed, the transcript shall
be submitted to the applicant for examination and shall be read
to or by him, unless such examination and reading are waived by
him. Any changes which the applicant desires to make shall be
entered upon the transcript by the officer transcribing same with a
statement of the reason given by the applicant for making them.
The transcript shall then be signed by the applicant; and the of-
ficer transcribing same shall certify on the transcript that the ap-
plicant was duly sworn by him and that the transcript is a true
record of the testimony given by the applicant.

(3)    There shall be a public disclosure by the county council
of the complete transcribed testimony of the actual appointee or
appointees three weeks from the date of his or her appointment;
and the complete transcript of all other applicants shall be destroyed
by the county council immediately without disclosure of any in-
formation contained therein to anyone.

(4) Annually, on or before June 1, of each year, the appointee
shall disclose, in writing, to the County Council, all information
available to him which he finds to be necessary to update and make
current his business and financial interests and property holdings
in the State of Maryland and the Greater Washington Metropolitan
Area, as well as information available to him concerning the business
and financial interests and property holdings of the appointee's
spouse, father, mother, brother, sister or child, and there shall be
complete public disclosure by the County Council of the information
so received. The County Council may require substantiation and
additional information wherever the Council shall determine it
necessary.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 182
(House Bill 72)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 19(1) of
Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "Justices of the Peace,"
subtitle "Criminal Jurisdiction," to empower justices of the peace
in Frederick County AND CAROLINE COUNTIES to suspend
sentence and place on probation before conviction or commitment
any person accused of a crime over which jurisdiction is obtained
AND MAKING SIMILAR PROVISION IN CASES BEFORE
THE PEOPLE'S COURT OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 19(1) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Mary-