598 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 311

diction, duties and powers shall be the same as those con-
ferred upon and required of the other Magistrates assigned to
the Traffic Court as aforesaid, and who shall be designated
by the Governor to sit in said court in the absence by illness
or otherwise of the other Magistrates appointed to sit regu-
larly at the Traffic Court, and at other times when it may, in
the opinion of the Governor, become necessary for such addi-
tional Magistrate to sit as a member of the said Traffic Court;
and such justice so designated shall not be required to give
bond in a sum greater than that required of other Justices
of the Peace by Section 624 of Article 4 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland.

In the event that any two of said Magistrates are unable
to preside at any time the Police Commissioner of Baltimore
City shall have power to provide a substitute in the same
manner and at the same rate of compensation as substitutes
may now be provided for Police Justices regularly assigned to
station houses in Baltimore City.

All necessary expenses, for the operation of the Traffic
Court, including the salaries of the Magistrates and clerks
herein provided for, shall be paid out of monies in the hands
of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles realized and collected from
fines and costs imposed by the Traffic Court, and should said
funds be insufficient in any one year to pay said expenses,
then the deficit shall be paid out of other funds in the hands
of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles realized and collected
by him from other sources.

Whenever the owner or operator of a motor vehicle is ac-
cused of a violation of any provision of the automobile laws
of the State, or of any local ordinance, rule or regulation of
any municipality or county of this State, and a warrant,
summons or notice is served upon him to appear for trial
before the Traffic Court, or any Justice of the Peace having
jurisdiction to hear the case, he shall be notified in said war-
rant, summons or notice of the nature and character of the
charge against him, and the day and hour of such trial shall
be fixed at such time, so far as may be practicable, as shall
cause the least inconvenience to such person and the witnesses
in the case.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1st, 1937.

Approved April 26, 1937.

CHAPTER 311.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sub-sections
(a), (b) and (c) of Section 9, of Article 95A of the Anno-