HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 805

for by law, said Police Commissioner is hereby authorized
and directed to employ such number of additional clerks
as may be necessary to properly keep the dockets and rec-
ords of arrests and convictions. Such records shall be
kept in such form and under such plan as may be jointly
agreed upon by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and
the Justices of the Peace of the Traffic Court. Salaries
paid to police and all clerks assigned for duty in the Traf-
fic Court shall be paid by the Police Commissioner out of
the funds received for that purpose from the Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles. There shall be one chief clerk,
who shall receive the salary of two thousand two hun-
dred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and who shall
have general charge and supervision of the entire clerical
force of the Traffic Court, and there shall be one deputy
clerk assigned to each of the sitting Magistrates who shall
receive the salary of two thousand dollars per annum, pay-
able monthly, there shall also be such other or additional
clerks as may be necessary to properly keep the records
and accounts of the Court. The Deputy Clerk assigned
to each of the several magistrates shall collect and take
charge of all fines, penalties, forfeitures, fees and costs
imposed by the Magistrate to whose court he is assigned,
and he shall account for all such moneys collected by him
at the close of the session each day to the Chief Clerk.
The latter shall account at least once a week to the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles for all fines, forfeitures,
penalties, fees and costs collected by the Traffic Court. The
Chief Clerk, before entering upon the duties of his of-
fice, shall cause to be executed and delivered to the State
of Maryland, a good and sufficient bond with surety or
sureties to be approved by the Chief Judge of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City in the penalty of ten thousand dol-
lars, conditioned to truly and faithfully discharge, execute
and perform all and singular the duties and obligations of
his office, and that he will account for and pay over to the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles all fines, penalties, for-
feitures and costs for which he is bound to account and
pay over to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. And
each of the deputy clerks assigned to the sitting Magis-
trates, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall
execute and deliver to the State of Maryland a good and
sufficient bond, with surety or sureties to be approved by
the Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City,
in the penalty of five thousand dollars conditioned to truly
and faithfully discharge, execute and perform all and sin-
gular the duties and obligations of their respective offices,