56                                Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 12

traffic cases shall be designated as chief judge and administrative
officer for the said court, the committing magistrates and other
personnel.

(b)   No person shall be qualified to hold the office of judge of the
People's Court of Montgomery County unless he possesses the follow-
ing 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 June 15, 1955, the county council of Montgomery
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 appointed
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 appoint-
ment or until his successor is appointed and qualifies. The pro-
visions of Sub-section (b) of this section, prescribing qualifications
for the judges of said court, shall apply to any person appointed 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 be-
fore the people's court during his term of office.

(f)   The three full-time judges and the substitute judge of the
People's Court of Montgomery County may be removed from office
by a two-thirds majority vote of the full membership of the County
Council of Montgomery County after a finding by the Circuit Court
of Montgomery County, of incompetency, or of physical or mental
infirmity, or of wilful neglect of duty, or of misbehavior in office, or
of conviction, while in office, of any crime involving moral turpitude.
Charges under this sub-section shall be preferred by the State's
Attorney for Montgomery County, and the accused shall be notified
of the charges against him and shall have the opportunity of making
his defense.

92B. Same—Jurisdiction, powers, etc; fees; appeals.

The judges of the people's court of Montgomery County, except
the people's court judge for juvenile causes, shall havfe all the
authority, powers, civil, criminal and juvenile jurisdiction, in the
whole of said county, heretofore vested in the [justices of the peace
and trial magistrates] justices of the peace designated as Trial