Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-10-08
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS

sent of Congress to any two or more
States to enter into Agreements or Com.
pacts for Cooperative Effort and Mutual
Assistance in the Prevention of Crime
and for Other Purposes.
The Contracting States Solemnly Agree:
IN That it shall be competent for the
duly constituted judicial and admins
trative authorities of a State party to
this compact therein called sending
State"), to permit any person convicted
of an offense within such State and
placed on probation or released on pa
role to reside in any other State party
to this compact therein called "receiv-
ing Staten, while on probation or pa
role, if
(a) Such person is in fact a resident
of or has his family residing within
the receiving State and can obtain en-
ployment there;
(b) Though not a resident OF the re-
ceiving State and not having his family
residing there, the receiving State con-
SCENTS to such person being sent there.
Before granting such permission, OPP
portunity shall be granted to the re-
ceiving State to investigate the home
and prospective employment OF such
A resident of the receiving State,
within the meaning Of this section, is
one who has been an actual tnhabitant
Of such State continuously for more
than one year prior to his coming to
the sending State and has not resided
within the sending State more than six
continuous months Immediately preced-
ing the commission Of the offense for
which he has been convicted.
(2) That each receiving State will as
sumo the duties of visitation Of and
supervision over probationers or pa
rOlees Of any sending State and III the
exercise Of those duties will be gov
erned by the same standards that pre-
vail for its own practitioners and pa
rOlees.
~ That duly accredited officers Of
q sending State may at all times enter
a receiving State and there apprehend
and retake any person on probation or
parole. For that purpose no formalities
will be required other than establishing
the authority Of the officer and the iden:
THY Of the person to be retaken. All
legal requirements to obtain extradi.
tion Of fugitives from justice are hereby
expressly waived on the part Of States
party hereto, as to such persons. The
decision of the sending State to retake
a person on probation or parole shall
be conclusive upon and not renewable
within the receiving State: Provided,
however, that if at the time when
State seeks to retake a prObationer or
parolee there should be pending against
him within the receiving State any
criminal charge, or he should be sus-
pected of having committed within such
State a criminal Offense, he shall not
be retaken without the consent OF the
receiving State until discharged from
prosecution or from imprisonment for
such Offense.
~ That the duly accredited officers
Of the sending State will be permitted
to transport prisoners being retaken
through any and all States parties to
this compact, without interference:
90 That the Governor OF each State
may designate an officer who, acting
Jointly with like officers Of other con-
tracing States, II and when appointed,
shall promulgate such rules and regula-
tions as may be deemed necessary to
more effectively carry out the terms OF
this compact
90 That this compact shall become
operative Immediately upon its execu-
ti0n by any State as between it and
any other State or States SO executing;
When executed it shall have the full
force and effect of law within such State,
the form of execution to be in accord
ance with the laws of the executing
State.
~ That this compact shall continue
in force and remain binding upon each
executing State until renowned by 1t.
The duties and obligations hereunder
of renouncing State shall continue as
to PAROLES or probatiOners residing
retaken or finally discharged by the
sending State. Remuneration of this
compact shall be by the same authority
which executed it, by sending six
months nOtlce In WrlLlnS OF 1IS lhIen-
tion to withdraw from the compact to
the other States party hereto.
Sec. g And be it further enacted,
That if any section, sentence, subdi-
vision or clause of this Act is for any
reason held invalid or to be uncOnsti-
tutional, such decision shall not affect
the validity Of the remaining portions
of this Act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That this Act may be cited as the Uni
form Act for Out-of-State ParOlee Su-
pervisiOn.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the pub
lie safety, and, being passed upon a
yea and nay vote, supported by three
afths of all members elected to each Of
the two Houses of the General Assem-
bly,, the same shall take effect from the
date Of its passage.
Approved: May Is, 1887.