THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     253

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 92A and 92B of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title
"Trial Magistrates System", as said sections were enacted by Chapter
151 (H. B. 289) of the Acts of 1955, be and they are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

92A. (Montgomery County.) (a). As of [May 1] June 15, 1955,
the County Council for Montgomery County shall appoint three
Judges of the People's Court of Montgomery County who shall meet
the qualifications provided in this Article and who shall serve until
the first day of May in the year 1963 or until their successors are
appointed and qualified. As of the first day of May, 1963, and as of
the first day of May in every eighth year thereafter, the County
Council of Montgomery County shall appoint three Judges of the
People's Court of Montgomery County to fill the positions then ex-
piring. One of such judges shall be designated as the People's Court
Judge for Juvenile Causes.

(b)   No person shall be qualified to hold the office of Judge of the
People's Court of Montgomery County unless he possesses the fol-
lowing qualifications:

(1)   He is at least thirty (30) years of age, and

(2)   A member of the Bar of the State of Maryland and an active
practitioner in Maryland for at least five (5) years, and

(3)   A resident of Montgomery County continuously for at least
five (5) years.

(c)   Whenever a vacancy shall occur on said Court from any
cause, the County Council of Montgomery County shall appoint a
qualified person who shall hold office as Judge for the balance of the
unexpired term to which he has been appointed or until his successor
shall be appointed and qualifies.

(d)   As of [May 1] June 15, 1955, the County Council of Mont-
gomery County shall appoint a substitute Judge of the People's Court
for Montgomery County. Such appointee shall serve as such until
the first day of May in the year 1958, or until his successor is ap-
pointed and qualifies. Thereafter, as of May 1 every four years the
County Council of Montgomery County shall appoint a substitute
Judge of the People's Court to fill the term then expiring, which
appointee shall serve for four years dating from May 1 of the year
of appointment or until his successor is appointed and qualifies. The
provisions of Sub-section (b) of this Section, prescribing qualifica-
tions for the Judges of said Court, shall apply to any person ap-
pointed as substitute Judge. The substitute Judge shall be paid and
have such duties as hereinafter provided.

(e)    The three full-time judges of the People's Court of Mont-
gomery County shall not engage in the private practice of law during
their terms of office, and the Substitute Judge shall not practice
before the People's Court during his term of office.

92B. The Judges of the People's Court of Montgomery County,
except the People's Court Judge for Juvenile Causes, shall have all