1538                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 694

place of employment and to perform the duties required of him as
an employee. Prior to any release pursuant to this section, a prisoner
shall sign an agreement to return to the county jail at the time so
determined by the Department (to be specified by hour in the
agreement) or immediately after his work is over, whichever is
earlier, and in any event to return directly to the jail following the
termination of his daily employment; to enter no vehicle or building
except in the ordinary course of his employment; to surrender
his total earnings as provided in subsection (c); to have no
alcoholic beverages in his possession at any time; to bring no
object into the jail without the express permission of the Sheriff
or a Deputy Sheriff; and to observe such other conditions as may
be deemed proper and designated in the agreement by the Trial
Magistrate. A prisoner released from actual confinement who wil-
fully fails to return to the county jail at the time specified in such
agreement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
shall be subject to the penalties provided for escape in Article 27,
Section 139, of this Code. A prisoner released from actual confine-
ment who violates any other condition of such agreement shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to
an additional term of imprisonment in the county jail of not more
than six months.

(c)    A prisoner employed pursuant to this section shall surrender
to the Department of Parole and Probation his total earnings, less
payroll deductions required by law. The Department shall deduct
and disburse from such earnings, in the following order of priority:
(1) the cost to the county of providing food and lodging for such
prisoner, (2) the actual and necessary food, travel and other ex-
penses of such prisoner when released from actual confinement in con-
nection with his employment, (3) any fines and costs imposed by
the Trial Magistrate, (4) such amount as the prisoner may be legally
obligated to pay for the support of his dependents. Any balance
remaining after such deductions and disbursements shall be paid
to the prisoner upon his final release.

(d)    No prisoner employed in the community under the provi-
sions of this section shall be deemed to be an agent, employee or
involuntary servant of Queen Anne's County, the Sheriff of the
county, the Trial Magistrate or any other public officer.

(e)    This section is supplemental to the powers of the Trial
Magistrate contained in Sections 18 and 19 of this Article. At any
time during the period of confinement imposed by the Trial Magis-
trate, he may (1) revoke, change or modify any release, or the
conditions of such release, under this section in the manner and to
the extent provided by Section 19, (2) release any prisoner under
the provisions of this section, notwithstanding that he has already
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