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given an opportunity to be heard by the Department of Juvenile
Services, with counsel, upon not less than ten days' notice.]

18.

The House of the Good Shepherd of the City of Baltimore, a body
corporate of the State of Maryland, may receive, within any house
conducted by it, females under the age of 18 years sent to it by their
parents or guardians or committed to it by any court, public officer
or agency authorized to commit them; and may retain them for the
term and upon the conditions of the sending or commitment; and,
for such term and upon such conditions, may give them such educa-
tion and training and place them at such employments, it deems
appropriate; and may make such rules and regulations for the gov-
ernment of its houses as it deems appropriate. The duly authorized
representatives of the public department or court having general
charge of the care of committed delinquent children or committed
children in need of supervision may visit and inspect at reasonable
times any houses in which children committed by the courts or other
public agencies are retained.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act are repealed to the extent of the inconsistency.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 481
(Senate Bill 653)

AN ACT to add new Section 9-14.1 to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Baltimore City (1969 Edition, being Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Baltimore City," subtitle
"Landlord and Tenant," to follow immediately after Section 9-14
thereof, to provide an implied warranty of "fitness for human
habitation in all leases entered into between a landlord and tenant
in Baltimore City; to provide a tenant additional remedies if this
warranty is breached; TO BE ACTED ON WITHIN THIRTY
(30) DAYS OF OCCUPANCY. and to provide for a definition of
the term of "dwelling." TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE LAND-
LORD FOR BREACH OF THE WARRANTY OF HABITABIL-
ITY; TO DEFINE VARIOUS TERMS; TO PROVIDE A
REMEDY FOR THE LANDLORD WHEN TENANT HAS IN
BAD FAITH REFUSED ENTRY TO THE LANDLORD TO
CORRECT THE CONDITION OR WHERE TENANT HAS
CAUSED THE CONDITION; TO PROVIDE THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE WAIVED, AND GENER-
ALLY RELATING TO THE WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY.