32 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 3

a bond or bonds, with such surety, condition, penalty and obligee
as may be determined by said Comptroller and Treasurer. The
premiums on all the aforesaid bonds shall be considered as expenses
under Section 111.

(e) Oaths. The Chief Clerk, the Deputy Clerks and all other
clerks, by whatever title designated, when assigned to any of the
parts of said court, shall be empowered to administer oaths.

(f) Residence. All clerks and employees of said court, during the
entire period of such employment shall be residents of Baltimore City
except the employees of the Traffic Court of Baltimore City who are
transferred to the Municipal Court of Baltimore City under the pro-
visions of Article IV, Section 41C of the Constitution of this State.

111. Expenses. All necessary expenses for the operation of the
Traffic Division of the Court, excluding quarters and the salaries of
the judges (including salary costs and pensions) shall be paid as
provided in Article 66^l/2, Section 341 (d). All other necessary ex-
penses for the operation of the Court, excluding quarters, shall be
paid out of the Municipal Court Special Fund which is hereby created.
All costs imposed by the Court shall be paid into the Municipal Court
Special Fund. There shall also be paid into the Municipal Court
Special Fund from the sources comprising the Motor Vehicle Revenue
Fund, as created by Section 341 (d) of Article 66^l/2, a sum equivalent
to the salary costs of four (4) Associate Judges of the Court. Any
excess of the payments into the Municipal Court Special Fund over
the expenses chargeable against it in any fiscal year shall not revert
to the State, but shall remain in said fund as a special reserve. When
such special reserve shall amount to One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100, 000. 00), any excess of the payments made to said fund over
the expenses chargeable against it, as of the thirtieth day of June
in any year, shall be paid to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
A deficiency in said special fund, to meet the expenses chargeable
against it, as of the thirtieth day of June in any year, up to, but
not exceeding, Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30, 000. 00) in any State
fiscal year, shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
The Chief Clerk is hereby empowered to deduct the amount of such
deficiency, up to, but not exceeding, Thirty Thousand Dollars
($80, 000. 00) from those fines imposed by the Court which would
otherwise be payable to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

112. Fines and Costs.

(a) Criminal Division. The court costs in the Criminal Division of
said Court shall be Three Dollars ($3. 00) in each case in which costs
are imposed. Fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed in said Di-
vision shall be paid to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

(b) Traffic Division. The schedule of costs in the Traffic Di-
vision for cases in which costs are imposed shall be as follows:

Fifty Cents (50^) in those cases in which a guilty plea may be,
and is, entered without appearance before the Court.

One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1. 50) in those cases in which ap-
pearance before the Court is required and a plea of guilty is entered.

Two Dollars ($2. 00) in cases tried before the Court on a plea of
not guilty.