MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        815

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 355
(House Bill 792)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 47-1 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1967
Supplement, being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title Prince George's County," subtitle "Juvenile
Causes," to authorize the Master for Juvenile Causes of Prince
George's County to order temporary detention for juveniles, to
commit to bond those same individuals, to make provisions if said
detention is not ratified by a Circuit Court Judge and relating
generally to the duties of the Masters for Juvenile Causes of the
Circuit Court for Prince George's County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 47-1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1967 Supplement, being Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince George's County,"
subtitle "Juvenile Causes," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

47-1.

The Circuit Court for Prince George's County is authorized and
empowered to designate, appoint and employ one or more quali-
fied persons to be known as the Master or Masters for Juvenile
Causes of the Circuit Court of Prince George's County, who shall be
a member of the Bar of the State of Maryland, at an annual salary
of $10,000 to be paid by the County Commissioners of Prince George's
County. The duties of the Master or Masters for Juvenile Causes shall
be such as may be prescribed by the Judges of the Circuit Court
of Prince George's County [.] , including, but not limited to the
authority to order temporary detention not to exceed seventy-two
(72) hours and to commit to bond those individuals for whom such
emergency detention has been ordered. If such detention is not
ratified by a judge of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County,
it shall expire and nothing herein contained shall be construed to
permit a master of said court to order further detention.

The Circuit Court also may designate and employ a qualified person
to be known as the Substitute Master for Juvenile Causes of the
Circuit Court of Prince George's County who shall be a member of
the Bar of the State of Maryland and receive as salary to be
established by the County Commissioners in proportion to the salary
received by the Master for Juvenile Causes, based upon the relative
amounts of time devoted to their duties. The County Commissioners
may in their discretion pay the said Masters additional salary to
that hereinbefore prescribed.