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420 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 183
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 625 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (Revised Edition of 1915), title "City of
Baltimore, " sub-title "Justices of the Peace and Constables, "
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
to read as follows:
625. It shall be the duty of the Governor, after the appoint-
ment of the Justices of the Peace provided for in section 623,
to select from the Justices of the Peace so appointed one Jus-
tice of the Peace who shall be known as "Presiding Justice
of the Peace of the People's Court, " and four other Justices
of the Peace who shall be known as "Associate Justices of the
Peace of the People's Court. " Said Presiding Justice of the
Peace of the People's Court shall receive from the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, a salary of $3, 000 per
annum, payable monthly, and each of said Associate Justices
of the Peace and of the People's Court shall receive from
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore a salary of
$2, 500 per annum, payable monthly, and said Justices shall
receive no other compensation or fees whatever for the per-
formance of any duties as justices of the peace. And said
Justices shall sit for trial of cases on each day (except Sun-
days and legal holidays) from the hour of 1 o'clock P. M.,
at such proper place in or near the Court House in Baltimore
City as may be provided by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore; and one or more of said Justices, to be assigned
by said Presiding Justice, shall be on duty from 9: 30 o'clock
A. M. until 12: 30 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of issuing
summons and performing any other duties, except the trial
of cases. Cases may, however, be tried at any hour upon the
joint consent of all the parties and of the Justice.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1922.
Approved April 13th, 1922.
CHAPTER 188.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 122A, 122B, 122C, 122D, 122E,
122F, 122G, 122H of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (title Howard County, sub-title Schools)
of the Acts of Assembly of 1920, Chapter 129.
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