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404 LICENSES. [ART. LVI
the place of the said Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court; pro-
vided that the justice so designated shall not be required to give bond
in a sum greater than that required of other justices of the peace by
Section 624 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land. In the event that both such justices are absent through illness
or otherwise, the Board of Police Commissioners shall have power to
provide a substitute in the same manner and at the same rate of com-
pensation, as substitutes may now be provided for police justices regu-
larly assigned to station-houses in Baltimore City.
All necessary expenses for the operation of the Traffic Court, includ-
ing the salaries herein provided for, shall be paid out of monies appro-
priated therefor by the General Assembly with the approval of said
Commissioner and the Governor.*
Motor Vehicles as Bail.
1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 160.
160. Any person arrested for violating any of the provisions of
this sub-title may tender as bail a motor vehicle of which he is the
owner, or which he has written authority of the owner to pledge as bail,
and if such vehicle is of sufficient value it shall be accepted as security
for his appearance in lieu of any other bail. Any person offering a
motor vehicle as bail shall be required to state under oath whether or
not there are any mortgages or liens of any kind against the vehicle so
offered, and the amount of such mortgage or other lien. Any person
securing the acceptance of a motor vehicle as bail by making a false
statement concerning the existence of any mortgage or other lien against
such vehicle shall be deemed guilty of perjury and, upon indictment
and conviction in a court of law, punished accordingly. Any person
securing the acceptance of any such motor vehicle as bail upon the
representation that he is the owner of such vehicle, when, in fact, he
is not such owner, shall be deemed guilty of the crime of larceny and,
upon indictment and conviction in a court of law, punished accordingly.
Penalties.
1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 161.
161. In default of the payment of any fines imposed for violations
of any of the provisions of this sub-title, there shall be imposed an im-
prisonment in the county or city jail, as the case may be, for a period
not exceeding one day for each one dollar of the fine so imposed, the
imprisonment on account of such default in no event to exceed one year
for any single offense; provided that any offender who shall have been
found guilty of the violation of any provisions of this sub-title and
made to pay a fine or suffer imprisonment therefor, and who shall be
convicted at any time thereafter of a second or additional offense under
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*See foot note to section 133.
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