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[(f) Failure of any probationer to attend said school as directed
shall entitle the magistrate to strike out the order of probation
before verdict and proceed with the finding in the case.]

(f)    Failure of any probationer to attend said school as directed,
without reasonable cause, shall be considered violation of probation
and shall be a misdemeanor. Upon conviction thereof, the de-
fendant shall be liable to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars
($100.00).

(g)    The provisions of this section shall in no way prohibit the pro-
bationary schools which have been established and are being con-
ducted on a voluntary basis in the various magistrate's courts in
Baltimore County; provided, however, that any such voluntary school
shall comply with the minimum standards as established by the
Director.

(h) Attendance at these sessions shall be credited toward the
drivers' education program of the State of Maryland.

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

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 239
(House Bill 413)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 24 of
Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement
Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "County Commissioners,"
subtitle "General Provisions," to except Queen Anne's County
from the general provisions applicable to publication of county
expenses and to provide for a subtitute procedure.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 24 of Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1966 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement) title "County
Commissioners," subtitle "General Provisions," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

24.

They shall make out and publish annually in at least two news-
papers published in their respective counties if there be two, a de-
tailed, minute and accurate statement of the expenses of their said
counties, specifying therein each particular item of expense, and for
what and to whom paid, and shall also deliver to the sheriff of their
respective counties as many copies of such statement as there are
election districts in the county, at least ten days before each general
election; and the sheriff shall within six days after the receipt of such
copies set up one of them at the place of holding elections in each
election district, and the clerk of the county commissioners and the
sheriff who shall fail to perform the duty imposed by this section
shall each forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars. Provided that the