Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                    999

the Chief Police Magistrate and the Police Magistrates of Balti-
more City.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 422 of the Charter and Public Local Laws of Baltimore
City (1949 Edition), being Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Baltimore City", sub-title "Justices
of the Peace and Constables", as said section was amended by Chap-
ter 732 of the Acts of 1953, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

422. The Justices of the Peace selected to sit at a station-house
in the City of Baltimore and designated by the Governor as the
"Chief Police Magistrate of Baltimore City", shall receive the sum
of [Four Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($4,725)]
Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000) per annum, and each of the other
Justices of the Peace selected by the Governor to sit at a station-
house in the City of Baltimore and in addition, three Justices of the
Peace to be known as Magistrates-at-Large, or such other number
of Justices as may be by law hereafter provided for, and designated
by him as a "Police Magistrate of Baltimore City" shall receive the
sum of [Four Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($4,200)] Six Thou-
sand Dollars ($6,000) per annum; all salaries to be paid monthly,
so long as he shall continue to act at a station-house in said City,
under the selection of the Governor; which sum of money shall be
paid to him by the City Treasurer at the end of each month, upon
the certificate of the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City, that
such service has been rendered under the appointment of the Gov-
ernor as aforesaid; and no Justice of the Peace so selected to sit
in a station-house and designated as either the "Chief Police Magis-
trate of Baltimore City", or "Police Magistrate of Baltimore City"
shall be permitted to charge any fee, or receive any gratuity for
granting any release, or for the performance of any duty required
by law.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by
a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, the same shall take effect from May 6, 1957.

Approved April 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 605
(House Bill 503)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 15 of
Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing taw.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.