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1939, ch. 720, sec. 105.

107. (Trial Rooms.) The County Commissioners of each county shall
provide and furnish suitable quarters for the sessions of the trial magis-
trates. They shall also provide for said magistrates the dockets and sta-
tionery required for the proper performance of their duties, except the
dockets and report forms to be furnished by the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles as herein provided.

1939, ch. 720, sec. 106.

108. (Schedules.) In counties in which trial magistrates are required
to sit for the trial of civil and criminal cases in more than one town or
locality, they shall establish, maintain and publish schedules for the trial
of cases in such places, and said schedules shall be subject to change by said
magistrates in their discretion according to the volume of business and the
public convenience. The schedules and changes thereof shall be published
in such newspapers as the County Commissioners may direct and shall be
prominently displayed by posters or placards outside the rooms in which
the sessions of said magistrates are to be held.

1939, ch. 720, sec. 107.

109. (Powers and Process.) When two trial magistrates are assigned
by this sub-title for services in the same town or locality, either of said mag-
istrates shall have authority to try civil or criminal cases originating before
or removed to the other magistrate, whenever necessary for the convenient
and prompt trial of such cases, and in accordance with the mutual arrange-
ment by said magistrates of their schedules of trials to that end.

Process, executions, or any other writ requiring service upon a person
or levy upon property, which may issue from any trial magistrate, may
be directed by such trial magistrate to any constable appointed under this
sub-title and return thereon shall be made by such constable to the trial
magistrate who issues such writ.

1939, ch. 720, sec. 108.

110. (Substitute Magistrates.) In addition to the justices of the peace
and, justices of the peace at large hereinbefore specified, the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one justice
of the peace at large for each county of the State who shall be designated
"Substitute Trial Magistrate." Such magistrate shall post the bond re-
quired of trial magistrates and shall receive a salary of $100.00 per year,
except the substitute magistrate appointed for Baltimore County, who
shall receive $400.00 per year in addition to the compensation received
when actually sitting as a substitute as hereinafter provided.

In the event of the temporary absence or inability of a trial magistrate,
the substitute trial magistrate shall serve in his place and stead during the
period of his absence or inability, and shall have the same power and
authority and be subject to the same duties and responsibilities as the said
trial magistrate. He shall receive from the County Commissioners the
same pro-rata amount for his compensation and the same expenses as would
have been received under this sub-title by the trial magistrate whose
absence or inability caused the substitution, and the salary of the trial