1346

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 345

powers to maintain order and the free and unimpeded passage
therein and therefrom; and in furtherance thereof, to arrest any
person who defaces or damages said buildings, and any person who
by any act or conduct disturbs or interferes with the decorum and
tranquility of any courtroom, or any other part of said
buildings, as to disrupt and endanger the administration of
justice, the integrity and dignity of the judicial processes, the
orderly progress of [a trial,] A COURT PROCEEDING, or the rights
of litigants. Such powers shall extend outside the Court House
and any annex whenever such Court House Security Officer may be
in pursuit of any person who has committed any offense or breach
of peace within such buildings or has escaped from the lawful
custody of any Sheriff, jail guard, prison guard, or police
officer, and whenever a Court House Security Officer accompanies
any judge of the [Supreme Bench of] CIRCUIT COURT FOR Baltimore
City while the judge is performing any official duty or is
proceeding from the Court House to, or returning to the Court
House from, any place within the City of Baltimore that a
judicial duty is performed. Under no circumstances may a Court
Security Officer act as a chauffeur or drive for a judge or
perform any other duty not directly related to the functions of
the Court and of the judge.

22-12.

The [Supreme Bench of] CIRCUIT COURT FOR Baltimore City is
authorized and empowered to enter into a contract or contracts
with the DIVISION OF PAROLE AND PROBATION, THE State Social
Services Administration or with any other agency or
instrumentality of the State of Maryland to employ personnel and
render services to fulfill [the terms of a grant or appropriation
from the federal government or another third party with respect
to} ITS functions related to the suspension of sentences in
criminal cases and the placing of persons on probation or parole
or related to the collection of civil and criminal orders of
support.

22-13.

The Clerk of the [Criminal Court of Baltimore] CIRCUIT COURT
FOR BALTIMORE CITY shall have the power at any time to take bail
when authorized by the Court, whether the court is in session or
not, and although the defendant is not present or does not join
in the recognizance, but in all cases, before bail is taken by
the Clerk, the court shall fix the amount thereof.

22-15.

The Clerk of the [Criminal Court of Baltimore] CIRCUIT COURT
FOR BALTIMORE CITY may, when [so] ordered by the Court, admit any
person to bail on [his] THAT PERSON'S own recognizance, or may
accept a recognizor without stated property qualifications.

22-16.