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by him because of the dishonesty or negligence of his employee;
provided, however, that any such employee shall have first given a
bond to the mayor and city council of Baltimore in a penalty to be
prescribed by the board of estimates of the City of Baltimore. The
condition of such bond shall be that if the above bound ..... shall well
and faithfully execute his office, and shall account for and pay to the
collector of city taxes in the City of Baltimore for the several sums
of money which he shall receive for said collector, or be answerable
for by law, at such times as said collector may direct, then such
obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in
law. The said bond of such employee of said collector, when approved
by said collector, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved March 24, 1967.

CHAPTER 97
(House Bill 427)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 108
(15)(h) and 120 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1964 Replacement Volume and 1966 Supplement), title
"Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Trial Magistrates System," re-
quiring the chief clerk and chief deputy clerk of People's Court
of Montgomery County to give bond to the State of Maryland
for their full term of office with a corporate surety satisfactory
to the County Manager, and authorizing the County Manager of
Montgomery County to approve such bonds.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 108(15) (h) and 120 of Article 52 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1966 Supple-
ment), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Trial Magistrates
System," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

108.

(15) (h) The Judges of the People's Court shall appoint a chief
clerk for the People's Court of Montgomery County, a 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 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 thereafter and the appointment of
said clerks for the branches of said court shall be made at the expira-
tion 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