ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 591

54-L and 54-M, and to follow immediately after Section 54
of said Article; repealing all Acts or parts of Acts inconsist-
ent with the provisions of this Act, and providing for the
appointment of Justices of the Peace for Wicomico County,
and reducing the number of Justices of the Peace in Elec-
tion Districts Numbers 5, 9 and 13, to one Justice of the
Peace, to be. known as "the Judge of The People's Court";
fixing his qualifications, term of office, manner of appoint-
ment, duties, powers, compensation, jurisdiction, rules, regu-
lations, procedure and all other requirements for the estab-
lishment and functioning of the said The Peoples Court;
and providing for the annual appropriation by the County
Commissioners of Wicomico County and the Mayor and
Council of Salisbury, in their respective levies for the proper
maintenance of said Court.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 54, of Article 23 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Wicomico County, '' sub-title "Jus-
tices of the Peace and Constables, " be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments, and that thirteen new
Sections be added to said Article 23 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title ''Wicomico County, " sub-title "Jus-
tices of the Peace and Constables, " to be known as Sections
54-A, 54-B, 54-C, 54-D, 54-E, 54-F, 54-G, 54-H, 54-I, 54-J, 54-K,
54-L and 54-M, and to follow immediately after Section 54, all
of said Sections to read as follows:

CREATION OF COURT:

54. There shall be appointed by the Governor at the session
of the General Assembly of Maryland in the year 1927, one Jus-
tice of the Peace for each Election District in Wicomico County,
who shall hold office for such time as is now or may hereafter be.
provided by law, except that for Election Districts Numbers 5,
9 and 13 in said Wicomico County, there shall be appointed one
Justice of the Peace and none other, the said Justice of the
Peace so appointed to be known as "the Judge of The Peoples
Court, " and to be so appointed and possess the qualifications,
jurisdiction and powers as is hereinafter provided.

APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS:

54-A. Said Justice of the Peace to be known as "the Judge
of The Peoples Court" shall be appointed by the Governor, sub-
ject to confirmation by the Senate of Maryland, for the term
of two years and biennially thereafter; his term shall begin on
the first Monday in May after his appointment, and he shall