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twenty-one years], who shall be convicted of any offense punishable in adults by
confinement in the penitentiary, other than those specified in Sec. 630 of this
article.

639.

The courts may suspend sentence generally or for a definite time, and may
make such orders and impose such terms as to costs, recognizance for appearance,
or matters relating to the residence or conduct of the convicts as may be deemed
proper; and if the convict is a [minor] PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS
OF AGE, the courts may also make such orders as to his detention in any care or
custody as may be deemed proper. In Prince George's County, the [[court]]
courts may also and they are hereby empowered to impose such sentences as may
be provided by law with respect to the offense upon which an accused has been
convicted and cause the convict to serve such sentence by attendance at the county
jail where the sentence is to be performed between the hours of 6:00 p.m. Friday
and 6:00 p.m. Sunday, each such period to constitute two days of the sentence
imposed, provided however the offense leading to such conviction shall permit
confinement in the county jail and the total sentence imposed by the judge shall
not exceed thirty (30) days.

690.

(c) No sentence by any judge to the jurisdiction of the Department may be for
less than three months, any provision of this article or any other law to the
contrary notwithstanding. Nothing in this section shall prevent any judge from
committing any [minor] PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE to
any facility to which minors may be committed under the law as it existed prior to
June 1, 1967.

SECTION 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 7, 8, 9 and
10 of Article 30 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume),
title "Deaf, Mute or Blind," subtitle "Workshop and School for Blind," be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and all to read as
follows:

7.

For each blind or colored deaf [minor] PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE sent to the Maryland School for the Blind, from the City of
Baltimore or any one of the counties in the State by the boards of education of the
several counties and the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City, the
said city or county, as the case may be shall as herein specified, pay to the
Maryland School for the Blind the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per
annum for the training and education of such blind minor or colored deaf minor.
The expenses for the training and education of all blind minors or colored deaf
minors in the Maryland School for the Blind, shall be a charge upon each county
and the City of Baltimore sending such blind or colored deaf minors to the
Maryland School for the Blind, as hereinafter provided. It shall be the duty of the
board of directors of the Maryland School for the Blind to furnish to each county
treasurer, and to the comptroller of the City of Baltimore having blind or colored
deaf minors sent to the Maryland School for the Blind, a statement on April 1st
and October 1st each year giving the number of such blind or colored deaf minors;
and the name of each from and charged to such county or the City of Baltimore,
as the case may be, and the cost of training and education due from said county
and the City of Baltimore for such blind or colored deaf minor.