MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3455

1924, ch. 484. 1927, ch. 321, sec. 12A.

505. The County Commissioners of Montgomery County shall appoint
some suitable person as Clerk of the Police Court for Montgomery County
at a salary not to exceed the sum of twenty-one hundred dollars per an-
num, payable monthly, by the County Commissioners. That the term
of office of the Clerk of the Police Court shall be for two (2) years, begin-
ning on the first Tuesday in May, in the year 1927, and ending two (2)
years from the date of said appointment, and the County Commissioners
are herewith authorized and empowered to remove from office said clerk
of the Police Court at any time with or without cause or notice; there-
after the County Commissioners shall appoint some suitable person to act
as Clerk of the Police Court for said county. That said Clerk of the
Police Court before entering upon his duties shall execute a bond to State
of Maryland in the penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) conditioned
for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and to pay over
any and all money coming into his hands as Clerk of the said Police Court.
That said Clerk of the Police Court shall attend said Court every day,
legal holidays and Sundays excepted, from the hours of 9 a. m. until
5 p. m., and said Clerk shall have charge of all of the records, dockets
and papers of said Court, and said Clerk shall have the authority to admin-
ister oaths in all matters that appertain to said Court, and said Clerk shall
keep and transcribe the records and dockets of said Court and shall issue
all of the writs of said Court in the name of the Police Justice for hearing
or trial, and shall issue all witness certificates and shall receive all fines,
penalties and forfeitures imposed or collected by virtue of any writ issued
out of said Police Court. That said Clerk of said Police Court shall pay
over to the County Commissioners of Montgomery County all such fines,
penalties or forfeitures so collected by him monthly on the first Tuesday
of each and every month, together with a detailed and itemized report
setting forth the items so collected by him. That said Clerk of the Police
Court shall have the general authority to do any and all things in con-
nection with his duties as Clerk of said Court as are generally imposed
and required of Clerks of Courts of a similar nature, said Clerk, how-
ever, may be removed from office for misconduct, inefficiency, neglect or
malfeasance in office by the County Commissioners, who are hereby au-
thorized to appoint his successor to fill ont the unexpired term. That the
said Clerk of the Police Court shall act as secretary to the Chief of the
Chief of the Montgomery County Police force, as same may be created
by law, that he shall keep the records of such Montgomery County Police
force and shall be the general office representative of such Montgomery
County Police force.

The State's Attorney for Montgomery County shall be paid by the
County Commissioners in addition to the salary now received by said
State's Attorney the additional sum of one thousand dollars per annum
for his attendance before the Police Court.