The 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 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. P.L.L., 1969, §22-12 1969, ch. 467 1971, ch. 451 1986, ch. 345