1406 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 554

feitures, fees and costs collected by them. The several Magis-
trates assigned to the Traffic Court shall not handle any funds
of the Court and shall not be required to give any other or
additional bond than that required by other Justices of the
Peace under Section 624, Article 4 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland.

The Mayor and City Council shall provide suitable and
proper quarters for said Traffic Court in the station house of
the Central Police District of Baltimore City, or at such other
place as may be convenient and suitable, but in no event shall
said quarters or location of the Traffic Court be at a greater
distance than five city squares or blocks from the Court House
of Baltimore City.

The Governor shall also appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, and if the Senate shall not be in ses-
sion, then the Governor shall appoint from the City of Balti-
more at large an additional Justice of the Peace, who shall be
of high moral character and a reputable member of the Bar
of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, who shall have been
actively engaged in the practice of law for at least five years,
who shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars ($1, -
200. 00) per annum, payable quarterly, and whose jurisdic-
tion, duties and powers shall be the same as those conferred
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 regularly
at the Traffic Court, and at other times when it may, in the
opinion of the Governor, become necessary for such additional
Magistrate to sit as a member of 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 man-
ner and at the same rate of compensation as substitutes may
now be provided for police justices regularly assigned to sta-
tion houses in Baltimore City.

All necessary expenses for the operation of the Traffic Court,
including the. salaries of the Magistrates and clerks herein pro-
vided for, shall be paid out of moneys in the hands of the Com-