LICENSES. 2023

of the Motor Vehicle Laws of the State, and shall have exclusive jurisdic-
tion where jurisdiction now or may hereafter be given to any Justice of
the Peace in Baltimore City to try or commit for trial any person accused
of violating any of the traffic ordinances of Baltimore City, and shall
have concurrent jurisdiction with Justices of the Peace, committing magis-
trates or police justices throughout the State outside of Baltimore City,
to hear and determine all complaints of violations of the Motor Vehicle
Laws of the State in those cases where it is convenient for the accused
to have such complaint heard and determined in Baltimore City. The
jurisdiction, powers and duties heretofore vested in and required of Jus-
tices of the Peace in Baltimore City under Section 204 of this sub-title
shall hereafter be exclusively vested in and required of the Justices of
the Peace of the Traffic Court. Said Justices shall, during the hours when
said Traffic Court is required to he in session, transact no other business
except the business required of them by the provisions of this sub-title.
The said Justices of the Peace of the Traffic Court, and any Justices who
may be designated to sit in their absence, shall have the power and authority
to enforce obedience to their orders and judgments by attachment, and
to inflict summary punishment for contempt of court by a fine not exceeding
in any one case the sum of twenty-five dollars; all of which fines shall be
paid to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in the same manner as other
fines; and imprisonment for default in payment of such fines shall be
imposed to the same extent as in the case of other fines; provided, however,
that the power aforesaid to punish for contempt shall not be construed to
extend to any cases arising in the Traffic Court, except the cases specifically
set forth and provided for in Section 4 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland as within the power of the several courts of this State to
inflict summary punishments for contempt of court.

The Police Commissioner for the City of Baltimore shall designate four
or more members of the police force of the rank of sergeants, with the
right of the Commissioner of Police to promote their rank to lieutenant in
his discretion, but who shall, however, in any event, receive the salary of
lieutenants while acting in said Traffic Court, one of whom shall be assigned
to each of the parts or sessions of the Traffic Court herein provided, and who
shall execute the powers and directions of the Justice presiding at said
session. In addition to the number of station house clerks now provided for
by law, said Police Commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to
employ such number of additional clerks as may be necessary to properly
keep the dockets and records of arrests and convictions. Such records shall
be kept in such form and under such plan as may he jointly agreed upon by
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and the Justices of the Peace of the
Traffic Court. Salaries paid to police and all clerks assigned for duty in
the Traffic Court shall be paid by the Police Commissioner out of the funds
received for that purpose from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. There
shall be one chief clerk, who shall receive the salary of two thousand dollars
per annum, payable monthly, and who shall have general charge and super-
vision of the entire clerical force of the Traffic Court, and there shall be
one deputy clerk assigned to each of the sitting Magistrates, who shall