1260                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 528

SAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00) or less, there shall be no formal
pleadings. In all other cases forms and pleadings shall be as
provided by rule.

(D). JUVENILE JURISDICTION. IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY ONLY, THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL HAVE SUCH
JURISDICTION OVER JUVENILE CAUSES AS IS PROVIDED
IN ARTICLE 26 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND
(1957 EDITION AS AMENDED), SUBTITLE "JUVENILE
CAUSES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY".

146. Probation, Probation Without Verdict, Revocation of Proba-
tion.

(a)    Every District Court judge in any criminal or motor vehicle
case within the Court's jurisdiction shall have the power:

(b)    Before conviction of any person accused of crime, with the
written consent of the person so accused, and after conviction or
after plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, without such consent, to
(1) suspend the imposition of sentence; (2) place the person on pro-
bation before or without verdict or commitment; (3) and in all cases
above named to make such written conditions of suspension of sen-
tence and probation as the judge may deem proper; and (4) upon
determining that the person has violated any such condition, to
strike out the suspension of sentence and to impose sentence as may
be authorized by law and to revoke the probation, provided that any
person placed on probation shall be under the supervision of the
State Department of Parole and Probation, and that the Depart-
ment shall make available to the District Court sufficient and ade-
quate services and personnel for the conduct of presentence investi-
gations and the supervision of probationers when and where re-
quired by the court;

(c)    At any time during the period hereinafter set out, and after
notice to the probationer or person accused, and after full opportu-
nity to him to be heard either in person or by counsel, to alter,
enlarge, modify, or change any one or more of the conditions, and
to add other conditions of suspension of sentence or probation, all,
however, to be subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth;

(d)    To fix the period of probation and suspension of sentence,
which period shall not in any event exceed three (3) years from the
date of the suspension of sentence or probation, and from time to
time, to extend the period of probation and suspension of sentence
first fixed, until the conditions originally or thereafter prescribed
have been fulfilled, provided that the length of the entire period in
no event shall exceed the maximum time herein prescribed;

(e)    At any time to end the period of probation, or during the
period, on written charges preferred under oath, or violation of any
condition of probation, to issue a warrant or notice requiring the
probationer or person accused to be brought or to appear before the
judge issuing the warrant or notice, to answer the charges of
violation of conditions of probation or suspension of sentence, and
to fix a date for the hearing of the charge or violation of the condi-
tions, and pending the hearing or determination of the charge, to
remand the probationer or person accused to jail or to release him,
with or without bail, and if at the hearing the person accused be
found to have violated any of the terms of the conditions of pro-