480                          LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [Cxi. 178

trates 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
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 Baltimore 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 regularly 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 pro-
vided for, shall be paid out of monies in the hands of Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles realized and collected from fines and
costs imposed by the Traffic Court, and should said funds be
insufficient in any one year to pay said expenses, then the
deficit shall be paid out of other funds in the hands of the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles realized and collected by him
from other sources.

Whenever the owner or operator of a motor vehicle is accused
of a violation of any provision of the automobile laws of the
State, or of any local ordinance, rule or regulation of any
municipality or county of this State, and a warrant, summons
or notice is served upon him to appear for trial before the
Traffic Court, or any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction
to hear the case, he shall be notified in said warrant, summons
or notice of the nature and character of the charge against him,
and the day and hour of such trial shall be fixed at such time,
so far as may be practicable, as shall cause the least incon-
venience to such person and the witnesses in the case.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1931.

Approved April 6, 1931.

CHAPTER 178.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 9
of Article 39 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1929
Supplement), title "Fish and Fisheries, " sub-title "General