HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1081

to be known as Sections 14, 14A and 14B and to follow im-
mediately after Section 13 of said Article, relating to the
powers of Justices of the Peace (except Traffic Court Magis-
trates) in Baltimore City in criminal cases.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted 'by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 14 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-
title "Criminal Jurisdiction", be and it is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That three new sections
be and they are hereby added to said Article 52 of the Anno-
tated Code (1939 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-
title "Criminal Jurisdiction", said new sections to be known
as Sections 14, 14A and 14B, to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 13 of said Article, and to read as follows:

14. The justices of the peace in and for Baltimore City
(except Traffic Court Magistrates) shall have and possess
power to suspend sentence or costs or both sentence and costs,
generally or for a definite time, in any case within their juris-
diction, provided that such suspension is made at the trial of
the case and not after judgment is pronounced; and said
justices of the peace may make such orders and impose such
terms as to costs, recognizance for appearance, or matters
relating to the residence or conduct of the convicts as may
be deemed proper; and if the convict is a minor, said justices
of the peace may also make such orders as to his detention
in any care or custody as may be deemed proper.

In all cases where sentence or costs or both sentence and costs
have been suspended by said justices of the peace, the defend-
ant shall have the right to appeal in the same manner as if
sentence or judgment has not been suspended.

14A. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,
in any case where a justice of the peace in and for Baltimore
City (except Traffic Court Magistrates) has sentenced a per-
son to pay a fine or costs or both fine and costs, said justice
of the peace shall have power, in his discretion, to order that
said person pay said fine and/or costs in installments of such
amounts and at such times and upon such conditions as said
justice of the peace may fix. Said justice of the peace may
at any time revise, modify, reduce or enlarge the amount of
said installments or the time and conditions fixed for pay-
ment of the same. Should the defendant fail to pay any
installment or fail to comply with any condition imposed as
aforesaid, said justice of the peace may order said defendant
committed to jail to work out the balance remaining unpaid
in accordance with the provisions of any law authorizing com-
mitment in default of payment of fine and/or costs.