Marvin Mandel, Governor                         819

10.

(a) Within thirty days after receipt of the copy of the report
containing the final decision of the Board, the Attorney General may,
if in his judgment or in the judgment of the Secretary of Public
Safety and Correctional Services the award is improper, commence a
proceeding in the circuit court of the county or the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore City, as the case may be, to review the decision of the
Board. Any such proceeding shall be heard in a summary manner
and shall have precedence over all other civil cases in such court.
The court may, however, take additional testimony, if it so desires.
There shall be no other judicial review of any decision made or
action taken by the Board, by a member of the Board or by the
secretary of the Board with respect to any claim.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That Section 672 of Article 27
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Edition, 1967 Replace-
ment Volume, and 1969 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments," subtitle "Department of Correction," "III PLACES OF
REFORMATION AND PUNISHMENT," SUBHEADING "DE-
PARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES" be and it is hereby
repealed in its entirety, and that Sections 667, 673(a), 674, 677, 678,
679 and 681 (f) of the same Article be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

667.

The [Department} Division of [Correctional Services is] Correc-
tion, as established [and continued as the same Department of Cor-
rection hitherto existing. It] in Article 41, Section 204D of this
Code, has the powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions provided
in this subtitle and elsewhere in the laws of this State for the Depart-
ment of Correctional Services or Department of Correction. [All
references in the statutes and laws of this State to the Department
of Correction or to any of the positions established therein shall be
construed as if the same referred to the Department of Correc-
tional Services.] Hereafter in this subtitle [the Department of
Correctional Services may be referred to as "the Department" or
"Department."] , whenever the terms "Department of Correctional
Services," "Department of Correction" or "Department" shall ap-
pear, they shall mean the Division of Correction.

673.

(a) The office of Commissioner of Correction is created. He shall
be appointed by the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services, with the approval of the Governor, and by and with the
consent and advice of the Senate of Maryland. His appointment is
for an indefinite term, at the pleasure of the [Governor] Secretary;
and in the operation and conduct of the [Department] Division of
Correction he is responsible solely to the Secretary and the Governor.
Elsewhere in this subtitle he is referred to as "the Commissioner"
or as "Commissioner." The salary of the Commissioner shall be as
provided in the budget.

674.

The Commissioner is in sole and active charge of the [Depart-
ment] Division of Correction and of its several institutions and