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to be in amount equal to the maximum amount prescribed as the fine for
such offense, and to be conditioned for his appearance at the time and
place set for the hearing of the charges preferred against him, or on giving
his personal undertaking to appear as aforesaid secured by the deposit of
a sum equal to the maximum amount prescribed as the fine for such
offense, and in case such bond or undertaking shall not be given or deposit
made as aforesaid, the provisions of law in reference to bail in cases of
misdemeanor shall apply. Provided, however, that if any person arrested
for the violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title or of any public
local law or of any municipal ordinance or police regulation of Baltimore
City, or of any incorporated town or city in Maryland regulating traffic,
is a resident of the State of Maryland and a resident of a county or the
City of Baltimore, other than that in which the arrest is made, or is a resi-
dent of the county or the City of Baltimore in which the arrest is made,
such person shall have the right to demand and receive, and it shall be the
duty of the officer or officers arresting such person to inform him of his
right to make such demand and to comply with such demand if made, a
summons requiring him to appear upon a day to be named therein before
said Justice of the Peace, Police Justice, or if in Baltimore City before
the Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court, and the person so arrested
shall signify his willingness to appear before the Justice of the Peace,
Police Justice, or Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court if in Balti-
more City, named in said summons on the day named therein, by endors-
ing his name and address on said summons, and failing so to appear, the
said Justice of the Peace, Police Justice, or Justice of the Peace of the
Traffic Court, as the case may be, before whom said summons is made
returnable, shall forthwith issue to the Sheriff of the county or City of Bal-
timore, as the case may be, where the person so summoned resides, a war-
rant for the arrest of said person, which warrant shall be executed in due
course by the Sheriff to whom directed and the person so arrested shall be
delivered by the said Sheriff on the day named therein for the return of
the writ to the Justice of the Peace, Police Justice or Justice of the Peace
of the Traffic Court issuing said warrant. All costs and expenses incurred
by the Sheriff in the execution of said warrant shall be assessed against
and collected from the person so arrested by the Justice of the Peace,
Police Justice or Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court to whom said
writ is returnable, and by him remitted to the Sheriff who shall have exe-
cuted said warrant. But no person shall have the right to demand and
receive a summons as hereinbefore provided in the following cases:

(a) In case of arrest for violation of Section 199 of this Article.

(b) In case the operator of said automobile cannot identify himself to
the officer making the arrest as the owner or proper custodian of said auto-
mobile, either by means of his operator's card or other satisfactory identifi-
cation to said officer.

(c) In any case where there is an accident resulting in personal injuries,
which in the judgment of the officer making the arrest requires immediate
detention of the operator of said automobile.

In all complaints of the violation of any of the provisions of this sub-
title, except as provided in Section 232 hereof, the Justice of the Peace,
committing Magistrate or Police Justice before whom the alleged offender
is taken as aforesaid, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such
complaint and impose the fine or sentence herein provided, but any person
so convicted of any offense under this sub-title shall have the right to