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shall be appointed from such ward or wards as the Governor may elect or
determine.

Justices of the Peace and Constables dp not hold over, except as de -facto officers.
Their term expires two rears from their appointment.

Claude v. Wayson, 118 Md. 447.

1902, ch. 611. 1904, ch. 521. 1910, ch. 41. 1927, ch. 516.

623A. In addition to the Justices of the Peace mentioned in Section
C23 of this Article, 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, an addi-
tional Justice of the Peace, to be known as the magistrate for juvenile
causes, who shall be a member of the bar of the Supreme Bench of Bal-
timore City and shall receive from the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly,
and the jurisdiction and powers of such justice shall be as follows: (1)
He shall possess the general powers of police justice of the peace or jus-
tice of the peace selected to sit at a station-house in the City of Balti-
more, as the same are now or may hereafter be defined by law. (2) He
shall have exclusive jurisdiction where jurisdiction is given by law to
any justice of the peace in Baltimore City, in all cases of trial or com-
mitment for trial, or commitment to any juvenile institution of any
minor under the age of sixteen years, and such magistrate shall sit at
such times as may be necessary for the proper discharge of his duties at
such proper place in the Court-house in Baltimore City as may be pro-
vided by the Superintendent of Public Buildings. (3) He is empowered
to appoint a suitable person to act as his clerk, who shall receive from
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City a salary of one thousand
dollars per annum, payable monthly, and shall attend at such times and
places and perform such duties as may be directed by said justice, and
shall be removable by him at his discretion. Whenever any minor is
arrested, he may be taken to such place other than a station-house as may
be designated by said justice and provided by the Superintendent of Pub-
lic Buildings or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; but, in the
absence of such designation, such minor may be held at a station-house
as heretofore until brought before the justice; and when such justice shall
commit any minor for trial or for hearing, he may commit such minor
to a suitable juvenile institution or other suitable prison, instead of the
Baltimore City Jail. The Police Commissioner for the City of Baltimore
shall designate two or more members of the police force to attend said
justice and execute his powers and directions. The Governor shall also
appoint, 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 Balti-
more at large, an additional Justice of the Peace who shall be a member
of the bar of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, or the Governor may
select from among the present Justices of the Peace of Baltimore City,
who shall likewise be a member of the bar of said Supreme Bench, who
shall receive from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City a salary