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Local Laws of Maryland. In the event that both such justices
are absent through illness or otherwise, the Board of Police
Commissioners shall have power to provide a substitute in the
same manner and at the same rate of compensation, as sub-
stitutes 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 herein provided for, shall be paid out
of monies appropriated therefor by the General Assembly
with the approval of said Commissioner and the Governor.

MOTOR VEHICLES AS BAIL.

160. Any person arrested for violating any of the provi-
sions of this sub-title may tender as bail a motor vehicle of
which he is the owner, or which he has written authority of
the owner to pledge as bail, and if such vehicle is of sufficient
value it shall be accepted as security for his appearance in lieu
of any other bail. Any person offering a motor vehicle as bail
shall be required to state under oath whether or not there are
any mortgages or liens of any kind against the vehicle so
offered, and the amount of such mortgage or other lien. Any
person securing the acceptance of a motor vehicle as bail by
making a false statement concerning the existence of any mort-
gage or other lien against such vehicle shall be deemed guilty
of perjury and, upon indictment and conviction in a court of
law, punished accordingly. Any person securing the accept-
ance of any such motor vehicle as bail upon the representation
that he is the owner of such vehicle, when, in fact, he is not
such owner, shall be deemed guilty of the crime of larceny and,
upon indictment and conviction in a court of law, punished
accordingly.

PENALTIES.

161. In default of the payment of any fines imposed for
violations of any of the provisions of this sub-title, there shall
be imposed an imprisonment in the county or city jail, as the