MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        1537

(7) In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (d),
any person convicted of a violation of Section 287 shall have his
driving privileges suspended for a period of thirty (30) days, and
the registration of such vehicle shall be suspended for a period of
thirty (30) days, notwithstanding that the owner of such vehicle
may not be the operator at the time of the offense, unless said owner
proves to the satisfaction of the Department that he had no control
over the use or display of a light or signal device and could not
prevent the violation of this Section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 694
(House Bill 818)

AN ACT to add new Section 19A to Article 52 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supple-
ment), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Criminal Jurisdic-
tion," to follow immediately after Section 19 thereof, to authorize
the release from actual confinement of certain prisoners in the
Queen Anne's County Jail for the purpose of working at gainful
private employment; to prescribe the conditions for such release;
to provide penalties for failure to observe such conditions; to
provide for the disposition of the earnings of such prisoners; to
define the status of such prisoners in relation to the County and
public officers; to provide for the revocation, change or modification
of any such release; and relating generally to the release from
actual confinement of certain prisoners sentenced to the Queen
Anne's County Jail.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 19A be, and it is hereby, added to Article 52 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and
1968 Supplement), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Criminal
Jurisdiction," to follow immediately after Section 19 thereof and
to read as follows:

19A.

(a)    A Trial Magistrate in Queen Anne's County may direct that
any person sentenced by him to a period of confinement in the county
jail be granted the privilege of leaving actual confinement during
necessary and reasonable hours for the purpose of working at gainful
private employment. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
authorize the release of a prisoner for any other purpose or at any
time other than that during which he is actually employed or actually
going to or from his place of employment.

(b)    The Department of Parole and Probation shall determine
the time actually necessary for a prisoner to go to and from his