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pended are complied with, including payments for nonsupport and
restitutions of money or property.

(c)    The Director shall receive a salary as the Judges of the
Circuit Court and County Commissioners may order and approve,
to be paid by the County Commissioners of Cecil County and it shall
be established to compare favorably with the salaries of other
county Directors of Probation in the State. In addition to his salary,
the Director shall be allowed his office expenses and actual traveling
expenses when in the discharge of his duty, the office and traveling
expenses to be paid by the County Commissioners upon the approval
and order of the Court. The County Commissioners shall provide
the Director with an appropriate office and stenographic and
secretarial services as necessary. The person appointed as Director
shall be given credit for any prior years of service with the county.

(d)    The Director of Probation shall assess a charge not to exceed
5% of the monies ordered by the Circuit Court or Trial Magistrate
to be paid by errant fathers or husbands to support their children
or in payment of alimony for the purpose of defraying expenses for
the collection and distribution of same. This charge shall be subject
to the approval of the Circuit Court or Trial Magistrate. The books
of accounts and records of the Director's office shall be audited on
an annual basis.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act 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 Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end,
all the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall apply to all
alleged violations of orders that the Circuit Court or Trial Magis-
trates have passed prior to the effective date of this Act.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this
subtitle shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the
powers and authority conferred by other laws upon the State De-
partment of Parole and Probation and shall not be regarded as in
derogation of any powers now existing in the State Department of
Parole and Probation.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on July 1, 1969.

Approved March 24, 1969.

CHAPTER 12
(House Bill 191)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments Section 40(t)
(1) of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Replacement Volume), title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in