1798                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 798

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OF PUBLISHING SAID REPORTS SHALL BE PAID FROM
THE MONEY APPROPRIATED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
FOR THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE.]

80.

(c) Said Montgomery County juvenile court committee shall have
the following powers and duties: To advise the judges for juvenile
causes with regard to policies and procedures on all matters within
the jurisdiction of said court; to study and recommend to the judge
and said county council legislation relating to child welfare and the
prevention and control of juvenile delinquency [; and to review the
annual budget request prepared by the judge before its submission
to the county council for Montgomery County].

81.

[The senior judge shall appoint, fix the compensation of and
remove subject to budget limitations and regulations of the county
personnel board, a supervisor of social work and such clerks, pro-
bation officers, stenographers, and other personnel as may be neces-
sary for the work of his office. The supervisor of social work, under
the supervision of the judge, shall be in charge of all the social work
of the court, shall, in association with other social agencies of Mont-
gomery County and the Montgomery County juvenile court com-
mittee, study the sources and causes of delinquency and assist in
developing and correlating community-wide plans for the prevention
and treatment of delinquency, shall direct and develop the investiga-
tion work of the court, shall be responsible for the direct supervision
and administration of the professional and clerical staffs of the
court, and shall make such reports to the judge as he may direct.
The probation officers shall be vested with the privileges and author-
ity of constables and shall perform such duties and be governed by
such regulations as may be prescribed by the judge, including the
duty of investigating complaints made to the court, and shall perform
the general duties of probation officers in relation to children under
the supervision of the court.]

There shall be a supervisor of social work, who shall be appointed
by the chief judge of the District Court upon the recommendation
of the administrative judge. The supervisor of social work shall be
in charge of all the social work of the court, shall, in association with
other social agencies of Montgomery County, State and the Mont-
gomery County juvenile court committee, study the sources of de-
linquency and assist in developing and correlating community-wide
plans for the prevention and treatment of delinquency, and shall
perform such other related duties as may be prescribed by the chief
judge.

87. Appeals

[(a) Appeal to circuit court.—Any interest party aggrieved
by any order or decree of the judge, may, within 30 days after the