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806 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 362
and that they will account for and pay over to the Chief
Clerk of the Traffic Court all fines, penalties, forfeitures,
fees and costs collected by them. The several Magistrates
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 session, then the Governor shall appoint from the City
of Baltimore at large an additional Justice of the Peace,
who shall be of high moral character and a reputable mem-
ber 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
two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, payable
monthly, and whose jurisdiction, duties and powers shall
be the same as those conferred upon and required of the
other Magistrates assigned to the Traffic Court as afore-
said, 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 Traf-
fic 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 the 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 Balti-
more City shall have power to provide a substitute in the
same manner and at the same rate of compensation as
substitutes may now be provided for Police Justices regu-
larly assigned to Station Houses in Baltimore City.
All necessary expenses for the operation of the Traffic
Court, including the salaries of the Magistrates and Clerks
herein provided for, shall be paid out of monies in the
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