MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                           1093

(c) (B) Upon conviction of a person charged under Sections 70-2
(a) (7), and 70-2 (c) the court may suspend sentence and place the
person on probation and by order impose upon the person during
the period of probation such duty as deemed for the best interest
of the person and of the child against whom the offense was com-
mitted.

(d) (C) The court may place a person on probation before verdict
in accordance with Article 27 Section 641.

70-25.

An aggrieved party may appeal from any final order, judgment,
or decree of the juvenile court to the Court of Special Appeals in
the manner prescribed by the Maryland Rules. The appeal shall
not stay the order, judgment, or decree appealed from, but the
Court of Special Appeals may otherwise order on application and
hearing consistent with the provisions of this subtitle, if suitable
provision is made for the care and custody of the child.

70-26.

If the provisions of this subtitle or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason, such invalidity
shall not affect the other provisions or any other application of
this subtitle which can be given effect without the invalid provi-
sions or application, and to this end, all the provisions of this sub-
title are declared severable.

Sec. 2 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 130 of Article 26
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume) title
"Courts," subtitle "Court of Special Appeals," be and it is hereby-
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments to read as follows:

130.

There is hereby created an intermediate court of appeal, to be
known as the "Court of Special Appeals" and which shall be com-
posed of five judges, one from the first special appellate judicial cir-
cuit consisting of Harford, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline,
Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester and Talbot counties;
one from the second special appellate judicial circuit consisting of
Baltimore, Carroll and Howard counties; one from the third special
appellate judicial circuit consisting of Montgomery, Frederick,
Washington, Allegany and Garrett counties; one from the fourth
special appellate judicial circuit consisting of Prince George's, Anne
Arundel, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties; and one from the
fifth special appellate judicial circuit consisting of Baltimore City.
The judges of the Court of Special Appeals shall be residents of
and shall, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of Article IV of the
Constitution, be elected by the qualified voters of their respective
special appellate judicial circuits, their terms to begin on the date
of their qualification. One of the judges of the Court of Special
Appeals shall be designated by the Governor as Chief Judge. The
Court of Special Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction only
which shall be coextensive with the limits of the State and which
shall, unless and until otherwise expressly changed by law, include
direct appeals from that division of the highest Court of general