946 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 433

to extend to any cases arising in Traffic Court, except the
cases specifically set forth and provided for in Section 4
of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924
Edition), as within the power of the several courts of this
State to inflict summary punishments for contempt of
court.

205F. Licenses. The magistrates shall have power to
suspend, for periods not exceeding three months, the oper-
ators' licenses issued to persons under Section 186 of this
Article, upon conviction of violations of the Motor Vehicle
Laws before said magistrates, such power to be in addi-
tion to the power to sentence such persons by fine or im-
prisonment as herein otherwise specified; provided that
said persons shall have the same right of appeal to the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City from such suspensions,
governed by the same procedure, as they now have to
appeal from convictions of Motor Vehicle Law violations.

Such suspensions by said magistrates shall be effective
immediately and an appeal to Criminal Court therefrom
shall not be a stay of such order of suspension. Nothing
herein shall affect the right of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles to suspend or revoke such licenses for the causes
specified in Section 189 of this Article.

205G. Sentence. The several magistrates of the Traf-
fic Court shall have and possess the same power to impose
a less penalty of the same character in lieu of the minimum
penalty provided by the Motor Vehicle Laws, that is now
conferred upon the Criminal Court of Baltimore City by
Section 578 of the Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1924 Edition).

They shall also have and possess power to suspend sen-
tence in any case within their jurisdiction provided that
such suspension is made at the trial of the case and not
after judgment has been pronounced.

205H. Commitment. In cases of commitment to jail
in default of payment of fine the supervisor or one of the
court clerks shall have the power, upon suitable written
order to the warden or other custodian, to release the
prisoner at any time after commitment upon payment of
the fine and costs imposed, provided, however, that a credit
of one dollar ($1. 00) for each day of imprisonment actu-
ally served shall be deducted from the payments herein
specified. Records shall be kept by said supervisor and
court clerks of such releases and credits and the fines and
costs so received shall be remitted as in the case of fines
and costs imposed and collected as otherwise provided
herein. The warden or other custodian of prisoners sen-
tenced from the Traffic Court shall have no power or