1124 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 606

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 27, 1953.

CHAPTER 606
(Senate Bill 251)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
92 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title
"Trial Magistrates System", to provide for the removal
of any Trial Magistrate by the Governor, with the con-

sent of the State Senator of the County for which the
Magistrate was appointed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 92 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace",
sub-title "Trial Magistrates System", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

92. (Appointment and Removal. ) The Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall ap-
point for each County in the State one or more Justices
of the Peace to be known as "Committing Magistrates",
and such number of Justices of the Peace at large in the
several counties, to be designated "Trial Magistrates", as
is hereinafter specified in Section 100; and in Prince
George's County, in addition to the aforegoing, seven
Justices of the Peace at large, who shall be Committing
Magistrates and shall have all the powers and jurisdiction
in the whole of said County, vested by law in Justices of
the Peace other than Trial Magistrates and substitute Trial
Magistrates.

Any Trial Magistrate or substitute Trial Magistrate ap-
pointed pursuant to the provisions of this sub-title, may
be removed as such Trial Magistrate at any time by the
Governor, with the consent of the State Senator from the

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