436                              Laws of Maryland                        Ch. 163

shall make a daily report of all traffic convictions and other dis-
position of cases to the said chief clerk and] The said chief clerk
shall make proper report at periodic intervals of all traffic convic-
tions and other disposition of cases to the Department of Motor
Vehicles in accordance with such agreed plan, and, together there-
with, said chief clerk shall make remittance of all revenues due the
State of Maryland from traffic violation fines and costs to the De-
partment of Motor Vehicles. The Department of Finance of Mont-
gomery County shall regularly audit the accounts and records of
the chief clerk [and said branch clerks] and shall furnish the
Department of Motor Vehicles and the State Comptroller regularly a
certificate attesting to the fact that an audit verification of traffic
violation fines and costs imposed in the People's Court of Montgomery
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] All monies
paid into the court for any purpose [and] shall be deposited [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 shall have custody of all such monies. [Each branch clerk
shall report promptly to the chief clerk all fines, forfeitures and
costs and shall report any funds in his custody.] The chief clerk
shall prepare, sign and deliver with appropriate remittance to county
and State officials such reports of fines, forfeitures and costs as
are required of trial magistrates by law. The chief clerk and the
deputy chief clerk [and the several branch clerks] shall perform
such other duties as shall be properly assigned to them by the
judges of the People's Court, and they shall receive such salary
as shall be fixed by the County Council of said county in equal
monthly installments; the chief clerk before entering upon his
duties shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the penalty of
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) and the [said branch clerks
and] deputy chief clerk before entering upon [their] his duties shall
[each] give bond to the State of Maryland in the penalty of twenty-
five thousand dollars ($25,000.00); each of said bonds shall [be for
the full four year term of office and] have corporate sureties
satisfactory to the [county manager] chief administrative officer,
and the premium of said bonds [to] shall be paid by [the County
Council of] Montgomery County. The County Council for Mont-
gomery County shall provide such additional clerical help as may be
necessary to carry out the administrative work of said court and its
branches at salaries to be fixed by said County Council for Mont-
gomery County.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection the
[clerks of the branches] employees of the People's Court shall per-
form their duties and maintain their offices where directed by the
chief judge.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on July 1, 1970.

Approved April 15, 1970

CHAPTER 163
(House Bill 320)

AN ACT to add a new subsection 18A to Chapter 870, Laws of
Maryland, 1965, as amended, title "Washington Suburban Transit