1532 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 720

It shall be the duty of the State's Attorney to attend all
trials before said magistrate and to render such legal advice
in criminal matters as the said trial magistrate may request
and as compensation for his additional work and expense he
shall receive the sum of $720. 00 annually, payable monthly, by
the Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary's County.

Somerset County. There shall be two trial magistrates, one
of whom shall sit at Crisfield and the other at Princess Anne,
and each of said magistrates shall receive an annual salary
of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1, 500. 00).

Talbot County. There shall be one trial magistrate who
shall sit at Easton and who shall receive an annual salary of
$2, 100. 00. He shall sit not less than one day or part thereof
in each week at St. Michaels.

Washington County. There shall be five trial magistrates,
two of whom shall sit at Hagerstown and receive an annual
salary of $2, 600. 00, one of whom shall sit at Hancock and
receive an annual salary of $1, 000. 00, and one of whom shall
sit at Boonsboro and receive an annual salary of $1, 000. 00,
and one of whom shall sit at Williamsport and receive an
annual salary of $1, 000. 00. The magistrate at Hancock shall
sit not less than two days or parts thereof in each week at
Clear Spring, and the magistrate at Boonsboro shall sit not
less than two days or ports thereof in each week at Smiths-
burg. The magistrate at Williamsport shall sit not less than
two days or parts thereof in each week at Sharpsburg.

One-fourth of the salaries of said trial magistrates sitting
in the City of Hagerstown shall be paid by the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown; the other three-fourths of said salaries
shall be paid by the County Commissioners for Washington
County.

Wicomico County. There shall be one trial magistrate who
shall sit at Salisbury and shall receive an annual salary of
twenty-four hundred dollars ($2400. 00), the said trial mag-
istrate so appointed to be known as the Judge of the Peoples'
Court.

There shall be appointed biennially by the Judge of the Peo-
ples' Court a Clerk who shall keep all dockets of and super-
vise and manage the Office of the Peoples' Court of said county
and said Clerk shall perform such other duties as shall be
properly assigned to him by the said Judge and he shall re-
ceive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500. 00)
payable by the County Commissioners of said County; the said
Clerk before entering upon his duties shall give bond to the