Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                    859

Baltimore City", creating a juvenile traffic court for Baltimore
City that shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over per-
sons under the age of twenty-one years charged with a violation
of the motor vehicle laws of the State of Maryland and relating
generally to the composition, powers, personnel and duties of the
said court, including the probationary and committing powers
thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That new Sections 332 to 336 inclusive be and they are hereby added
to Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition)
title "Motor Vehicles" said new sections to follow immediately after
Section 331 thereof and to be under a new sub-title "Juvenile Traffic
Court of Baltimore City", and to read as follows:

332.     There is hereby created a Juvenile Traffic Court of Balti-
more City. The said court shall be a part of the now existing Traffic
Court of Baltimore City and (except as modified in this sub-title)
shall have the same powers and shall be staffed by the same personnel
as are now or shall hereafter be provided by law.

333.     The jurisdiction of the Juvenile Traffic Court shall be ex-
clusive and original for all persons under the age of twenty-one years
who may be charged with a violation of any of the provisions of
Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

334. The justices of the Juvenile Traffic Court shall be as desig-
nated by the Chief Magistrate of the Traffic Court from among
those justices who are now or may hereafter be appointed by the
Governor of the State of Maryland to serve as justices in the Traffic
Court of Baltimore City, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 305
and 307 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

335. In addition to the powers and authority now or which may
hereafter be conferred upon the justices of the Traffic Court of Bal-
timore City, the said justices, when sitting as a justice in the Juvenile
Traffic Court, shall have the power and authority to grant probation

without verdict. and, in any case in which a juvenile is found guilty

of a violation of any of the provisions of Article 66½ of the Code, the

said justice shall have and possess the power and authority to com-

mit the said juvenile to any public or private institution or agency, as
now or hereafter provided by law, instead of imprisonment in the
place provided for in the cast of offenders generally.

336. This sub-title shall be liberally construed in favor of the
State for the purpose of the correction and guidance of juvenile of-
fenders against the motor vehicle laws to the end that proper re-
sponsibility of such offenders to the safety of the general public and
to themselves may be advanced.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved April 10, 1957.