the first Monday of May, 1961, in the Justices of the Peace
of Baltimore City, including the Police Magistrates, the
Chief Police Magistrate of Baltimore City, the Magistrates-
at-Large of Baltimore City, and the Traffic Court of Balti-
more City, and thereafter shall consist of such greater or
lesser jurisdiction (which may be made exclusive as to any
class or classes of cases), with such right of appeal there-
from, as the General Assembly shall prescribe from time to
time by law. The Chief Judge and the Associate Judges
thereof shall have such powers and duties as the General
Assembly shall prescribe from time to time by law. The
Judges of said Court shall have full power to regulate by
rules the administration, procedure and practice of said
Court, including, but not limited to, the creation of divisions
of said Court to hear exclusively any class or classes of
cases and the assignment of a particular judge or judges
exclusively to such divisions and the vesting of administra-
tive duties in the Chief Judge; such rules shall have the
force of law until rescinded or modified by said Judges or
the General Assembly. Unless otherwise provided by law,
all powers granted by this section or by law to said Court
or the Judges thereof as a body may be exercised by a
majority of the Judges thereof. Said Court shall not be a
Court of Record.

(d) There shall be a Chief Clerk of said Court who shall
be appointed by said Court and who shall perform such
duties as may be prescribed from time to time by said Court
or by law by the General Assembly. He shall be paid such
compensation from such sources as the General Assembly
shall prescribe from time to time by law. There shall be
such deputy and assistant clerks, clerical, probationary,
stenographic and other employees as may be prescribed
from time to time by the General Assembly by law and such
law shall prescribe the method of selection, amount and
manner of compensation and tenure of such employees and
that such employees and the Chief Clerk shall be or become
members of the Classified City Service of Baltimore or the
Classified Service of the State or another classified service
or merit system which may be hereafter established. Such
employees shall perform such duties as may be prescribed
from time to time by said Court or by law by the General
Assembly. THE EMPLOYEES OF THE TRAFFIC COURT
OF BALTIMORE CITY SHALL BE TRANSFERRED
FROM THE TRAFFIC COURT TO THE MUNICIPAL
COURT, AS OF THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY, 1961.

(e) After the day immediately preceding the first Mon-
day in May, 1961, no Justice of the Peace of Baltimore City,