2024 ARTICLE 56.

receive the salary of one thousand, eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00) per
annum, payable monthly; there shall also he such other or additional clerks
as may be necessary to properly keep the records and accounts of the Court.
The deputy clerk assigned to each of the several magistrates shall collect
and take charge of all fines, penalties, forfeitures, fees and costs imposed
by the Magistrate to whose court he is assigned, and he shall account for all
such moneys collected by him at the close of the session each day to the
Chief Clerk. The latter shall account at least once a week to the Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles for all fines, forfeitures, penalties, fees and
costs collected by the Traffic Court. The Chief Clerk, before entering upon
the duties of his office, shall cause to be executed and delivered to the
State of Maryland a good and sufficient bond, with surety or sureties to
be approved by the Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City,
in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, conditioned to truly and faithfully
discharge, execute and perform all and singular the duties and obligations
of his office, and that he will account for and pay over to the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles all fines, penalties, forfeitures and costs for which he is
bound to account and pay over to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
And each of the deputy clerks assigned to the sitting Magistrates, before
entering upon the duties of their office, shall execute and deliver to the
State of Maryland a good and sufficient bond, with surety or sureties to be
approved by the Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, in
the penalty of five thousand dollars conditioned to truly and faithfully
discharge, execute and perform all and singular the duties and obligations
of their respective offices, and that they will account for and pay over to the
Chief Clerk of the Traffic Court all fines, penalties, forfeitures, fees and
costs collected by them. The several Magistrates assigned to the Traffic
Court shall not handle any funds of the Court and shall not be required to
give any other or additional bond than that required by other Justices
of the Peace under Section 624, Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland.

The Mayor and City Council shall provide suitable and proper quarters
for said Traffic Court in the station house of the Central Police District
of Baltimore City, or at such other place as may be convenient and suitable,
but in no event shall said quarters or location of the Traffic Court be at a
greater distance than five city squares or blocks from the Court House of
Baltimore City.

The Goyernor shall also appoint, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, and if the Senate shall not be in session, then the Governor
shall appoint from the City of Baltimore at large an additional Justice of
the Peace, who shall be of high moral character and a reputable member
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, who shall
receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per annum, payable
quarterly, and whose jurisdiction, duties and powers shall be the same as
those conferred upon and required of the other Magistrates assigned to
the Traffic Court as aforesaid, and who shall be designated by the Governor
to sit in said Court in the absence by illness or otherwise of the other