2022 ARTICLE 56.

imposed shall be paid, and the same returned to the party paying the same
in the event of a reversal on appeal. The Justice of the Peace or court
before whom a final conviction shall be had under any of the provisions
of this sub-title, shall endorse upon or attach to the operator's certificate
of the person so convicted the date and particulars of said conviction; and
any person destroying, erasing or concealing said endorsement of imprison-
ment or statement so attached, or failing to display the same together with
said license certificate when required so to do by the provisions of this
sub-title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, be fined a sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more
than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned for a period of not less
than ten days nor more than thirty days, or both fined and imprisoned
for the first offense.

Since art. 52, sec. 12, is not applicable to prosecutions under sec. 157 (vol. 2), An.
Code, 1912, accused may not have jury trial below, but is limited to jury trial on
appeal; writ of certiorari properly refused. Words " nearest justice of the peace,"
must receive a reasonable interpretation, and fact that some other justice may be
nearer by a small distance, does not oust justice of jurisdiction. Warrants held to be
amendable under art. 52, sec. 14. Warrants held not sufficiently specific. Crichton v.
State, 115 Md. 425. And see Ruggles v. State, 120 Md. 558.

Judgment of circuit court on appeal under sec. 157 (vol. 2), An. Code, 1912, is final
and binding. Method of testing the jurisdiction of the justice—on the ground, for
instance, of the unconstitutionality of law—is by writ of certiorari to circuit court, and
from decision of that court on this question, an appeal lies to court of appeals.
Hendrick v. State, 115 Md. 556. (See also 59 L. Ed. 385.)

See sec. 186.

Traffic Court.

An. Code, sec. 159. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 159. 1920, ch. 506, sec. 159. 1924, ch. 554.

205. In addition to the Justices of the Peace provided for in Section
623 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland; there shall
be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, and if the Senate shall not be in session, by the Governor, from
the City of Baltimore at large, not more than three additional Justices
of the Peace, to be known as the Justices of the Peace of the Traffic Court,
who shall be of high moral character and reputable members of the Bar
of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, who shall have been actively
engaged in the practice of law for at least five years; one Justice to be
known as the Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court, whose duty shall
be to care for the general business of said Court and to have charge of the
administration thereof, and who is to receive the salary of three thousand
dollars per annum, payable monthly, and not more than two other associate
Justices of the Peace of the Traffic Court, who shall each receive the
salary of three thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly, and shall
receive no other compensation or fees whatever for the performance of any
duty required by law. Said Traffic Court shall be divided into separate
courts, and one of said Justices of the Peace shall be assigned to each of
said courts. The Traffic Court shall be in session every day except Sundays
and holidays. Said Traffic Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction within
the City of Baltimore to hear and determine all complaints of violations