ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1047
be necessary for the proper discharge of his duties at such
proper place in the Court-house in Baltimore City as may be
provided by the Superintendent of Public Buildings. (3)
He is empowered to appoint a suitable person to act as his
clerk, who shall receive from the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore City a salary of one thousand dollars per annum,
payable monthly, and shall attend at such times and places
and perform such duties as may be directed by said justice,
and shall be removable by him at his discretion. Whenever
any minor is arrested, he may be taken to such place other
than a station-house as may be designated by said justice and
provided by the Superintendent of Public Buildings or the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; but, in the absence of
such designation, such minor may be held at a station-house
as heretofore until brought before the justice; and when such
justice shall commit any minor for trial or for hearing, he
may commit such minor to a suitable juvenile institution or.
other suitable prison, instead of the Baltimore City Jail. The
Board of Police Commissioners for the City of Baltimore
shall designate two or more members of the police force to
attend said justice and execute his powers and directions. The
Governor shall also appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, and if the Senate shall not be in session,
by the Governor, from the City of Baltimore at large, an addi-
tional Justice of the Peace who shall be a member of the bar
of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, or the Governor
may select from among the present Justices of the Peace of
Baltimore City, who shall likewise be a member of the bar of
said Supreme Bench, who shall receive from the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore City a salary of two thousand dol-
lars per annum, payable monthly, and whose jurisdiction and
powers shall be the same as those conferred upon the Magis-
trate for Juvenile Causes and who shall be designated by the
Governor to sit in said court in the absence by illness or other-
wise and at other times upon the request of and in. the place
of the said Magistrate for Juvenile Causes,
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect January 1, 1928.
Approved April 5, 1927.
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