758                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 449

County for changing the name of the chief deputy clerk of the
People's Court to the deputy chief clerk, and providing FOR HIS
POSTING OF BOND AND for payment of his salary by the
County Council of said County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 108(15) (h) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition and 1965 Supplement), title "Justices of
the Peace," subtitle "Trial Magistrates System," be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

(h). The Judges of the People's Court shall appoint a chief clerk
for the People's Court of Montgomery County, a [chief deputy clerk]
deputy chief clerk thereof who, when duly qualified as such, and in
the absence of the chief clerk, shall have the power and authority
to act in the place and stead of the chief clerk, and a clerk for each
branch of said court: namely, one clerk each for Rockville, Bethesda,
and Silver Spring. The appointment of said chief clerk and Deputy
DEPUTY chief clerk shall be made by said judges at such time
as agreed upon by said judges and the County Council for
Montgomery County and shall be made every four years there-
after and the appointment of said clerks for the branches of
said court shall be made at the expiration of the terms of
office of the present clerks of said court and every four years
thereafter. Said chief clerk shall keep all dockets of and
supervise and manage the central office of said court, which
shall be located in Rockville and shall supervise the administration
of the branch offices of said court located in Rockville, Bethesda,
and Silver Spring. Each of said clerks of the several branches of
said court shall manage their respective offices under the supervision
of said chief clerk. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the dockets and records of arrest and convictions in traffic violations,
and all other traffic records, shall be kept by the chief clerk and sev-
eral branch clerks in such form and under such plan as may jointly
be agreed upon by the chief judge of the People's Court of Mont-
gomery County and the Department of Motor Vehicles. Each of
said branch clerks shall make a daily report of all traffic convictions
and other disposition of cases to the said chief clerk and said chief
clerk shall make proper report at periodic intervals of all traffic
convictions and other disposition of cases to the Department of
Motor Vehicles in accordance with such agreed plan, and together
therewith, said chief clerk shall make remittance of all revenues
due the State of Maryland from traffic violation fines and costs
to the Department of Motor Vehicles. The department of finance
of Montgomery County shall regularly audit the accounts and records
of the chief clerk and said branch clerks and shall furnish the Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles and the State Comptroller regularly a cer-
tificate attesting to the fact that an audit verification of traffic
violation fines and costs imposed in the People's Court of Mont-
gomery County has been made, and that all fines and costs due the
State of Maryland have been remitted to the Department of Motor
Vehicles. Each of said branch clerks shall have custody of all monies
paid into the court for any purpose and shall deposit such monies
promptly in an account in the name of the chief clerk in Montgomery
County; upon deposit in said account or accounts, the chief clerk