566 Laws of Maryland [Ch. 435
CHAPTER 434
(Senate Bill 463)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 122 of
Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title "Trial Magistrates Sys-
tem", relating generally to an annual audit of the books of the trial
magistrate of Charles County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 122 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title "Trial Magis-
trates System", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:
122.
Every trial magistrate shall on the second Monday of each month
file with the county commissioners a report in writing, under oath,
of all cases civil and criminal, heard or tried before him during the
preceding months, which report shall state in each case the names
of the parties, the nature of the case or the offense charged, the
number of witnesses summoned, the name of the officer serving the
warrant and summons, the judgment rendered, and the amount of
the fine, penalty or forfeiture, fees and costs imposed and collected;
and he shall at the time of making his report pay over to the county
commissioners all such fines, penalties, forfeitures, fees and costs
stated in his said report, except in motor vehicle cases, for which
provision is made in Section 107. In Charles County the books of the
trial magistrate shall be audited annually, copies of which shall be
submitted to the County Commissioners for publication in local
newspapers.
Failure of a trial magistrate to make reports to the county com-
missioners and to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of all cases
instituted before or tried by him and the disposition thereof as re-
quired by this subtitle and failure to remit promptly all moneys
herein required to be remitted to the county commissioners and the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall be deemed a violation of
this subtitle.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.
Approved April 8, 1959.
CHAPTER 435
(Senate Bill 479)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 42 of
Article 59 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.
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