HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 595

acter and reputable members of the Bar of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, who shall have been actively en-
gaged 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 administra-
tion thereof, and who is to receive the salary of four thou-
sand 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 hun-
dred 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 com-
plaints 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 Balti-
more 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 of violations 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 said Justices of the Peace of the Traffic Court of
Baltimore City shall have power to suspend the payment of
fines or serving sentence for such period of time as to said
Justices may seem desirable, or said Justices may release
on probation said person being so tried upon such
terms and conditions as may seem desirable to said
Justices. Said Justices shall, during the hours when
said Traffic Court is required to be in session, transact no
other business except the business required of them by the
provisions of this sub-title. The said Justice of the Peace
of the Traffic Court, and any Justices who may be desig-
nated to sit in their absence, shall have the power and author-
ity to enforce obedience to their orders and judgments by
attachments, and to inflict summary punishment for con-
tempt of court by a fine not exceeding in any one case the
sum of Twenty-five Dollars; all of which fines shall be paid to
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in the same manner as
other fines; and imprisonment in default of payment of such
fines shall be imposed to the same extent as in the case of