758 ARTICLE 56.

that such part or parts thereof, or any section thereof, would be declared
unconstitutional.

Traffic Court.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 205. 1912, sec. 159. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 159. 1920, ch. 500, sec. 159.
1924, ch. 554. 1927, ch. 120. 1931, ch. 177. 1935, ch. 362.

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 Chief 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 four
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 five hundred 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 of the Motor Vehicle Laws of the State, and
shall have exclusive jurisdiction 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 magistrates or police justices throughout the State

outside of Baltimore City, to hear and determine all complaints or viola-
tions 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 Justices of the Peace in Baltimore City under Section
158 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 be in session, trans-
act no other business except the business required of them by the provi-
sions of this sub-title. The said Justice 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 attachments, and to inflict summary punishment for con-