482                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 372

CHAPTER 372
(House Bill 776)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 97, 110
and 112(a) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title "Trial Magistrates
System", providing for the appointment of clerks as committing
magistrates in Baltimore County, and other matters generally
relating thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 97, 110 and 112 (a,) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title
"Trial Magistrates System", be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

97. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall appoint for each county in the State one or more justices of
the peace to be known as "committing magistrates", and such num-
ber of justices of the peace at large in the several counties, to be
designated "trial magistrates", as is hereinafter specified in Section
108; [and] in Prince George's County, in addition to the aforegoing,
seven justices of the peace, at large, who shall be committing mag-
istrates 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; and in Baltimore
County the number of Committing Magistrates shall be no less than
equal to the number of Magistrate Courts specifically mentioned in
Section 108 of this Article and each such Committing Magistrate
shall also perform "the duties" of the Clerk of the Magistrate's
Court to which he is assigned by his appointment, all of which ap-
pointments are to be made by the Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate.

Any trial magistrate or substitute trial magistrate appointed pur-
suant to the provisions of this sub-title, may be removed as such
trial magistrate at any time by the Governor. Provided, however,
that in any such event, the trial magistrate who has received notice
of his removal shall be entitled to a hearing before the Governor
within fifteen (15) days after such notice if such trial magistrate
so requests in writing within five (5) days after such notice.

110. Justices of the peace other than trial magistrates shall be paid
by the county commissioners, as full compensation for their official
acts and services in civil and criminal cases, the sum of $20.00 an-
nually, but in Kent, Talbot and Queen Anne's counties shall receive
annually the sum of $50.00 and in Washington County they shall re-
ceive the sum of $100.00 annually and in Howard County, they shall
receive the sum of $200.00 annually and in Baltimore County as pro-
vided for in Section 112 (a) of this Article, with regard to commit-
ting magistrates; but they may retain all fees lawfully charged by

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.

CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.