HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 399

Arrest, Bail, Trial and Appeal", be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

204. In case any person shall be taken into custody because
of a violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title, he shall
forthwith be taken in the counties of this State before the near-
est Justice of the Peace, committing Magistrate or Police Jus-
tice of the county in which the offense is committed, or if in Bal-
timore City before the Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court,
and be entitled to an immediate hearing; and if such hearing
cannot then be had, he shall be released from custody on
giving bond or undertaking executed by a fidelity or surety
company authorized to give such bonds in this State, or by a
person or persons acceptable as security or securities by said
Magistrate or Police Justice, such bond or undertaking to
be in amount equal to the maximum amount prescribed as
the fine for such offense, and to be conditioned for his ap-
pearance at the time and place set for the hearing of the
charges preferred against him, or on giving his personal
undertaking to appear as aforesaid secured by the deposit of
a sum equal to the maximum amount prescribed as the fine
for such offense, and in case such bond or undertaking shall
not be given or deposit made as aforesaid, the provisions of
law in reference to bail in cases of misdemeanor shall apply.
Provided, however, that if any person arrested for the viola-
tion of any of the provisions of this sub-title or of any public
local law or of any municipal ordinance or police regulation
of Baltimore City, or of any incorporated town or city in
Maryland regulating traffic, is a resident of the State of
Maryland and a resident of a county or the City of Baltimore,
other than that in which the arrest is made, or is a resident
of the county or the City of Baltimore in which the arrest is
made, such person shall have the right to demand and receive,
and it shall be the duty of the officer or officers arresting such
person to inform him of his right to make such demand and
to comply with such demand if made, a summons requiring
him to appear upon a day to be named therein before said
Justice of the Peace, Police Justice, or if in Baltimore City
before the Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court, and the
person so arrested shall signify his willingness to appear be-
fore the Justice of the Peace, Police Justice, or Justice of
the Peace of the Traffic Court if in Baltimore City, named in
said summons on the day named therein, by endorsing his
name and address on said summons, and failing so to appear,
the said Justice of the Peace, Police Justice, or Justice of the
Peace of the Traffic Court, as the case may be, before whom
said summons is made returnable, shall forthwith issue to the
Sheriff of the county or City of Baltimore, as the case may