J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          1167

sitting. Upon request by any Judge of the People's Court, the Substi-
tute Judge may sit at such time and place as is necessary to relieve
a crowded docket The salary of the Judge causing a substitution
shall not be diminished on account of compensation paid to such
Substitute.

120. Every trial magistrate, and judge and substitute judge of the
People's Court of Montgomery [County,] and Prince George's Coun-
ties, before entering upon his official duties, shall give to the State
of Maryland and file with the clerk of the circuit court for the county,
a good and sufficient bond, with corporate security to be approved by
the county commissioners or county council of the county for which
he was appointed, in the penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00),
upon the condition expressed in each of said bonds that the said judge
or justice giving it will truly and faithfully discharge, execute and
perform all and singular the duties and obligations of a judge or
justice of the peace, and that he will account for and pay over to the
county commissioners or county council of the county, or to whom-
soever else may be otherwise or hereafter designated by law as the
proper recipient thereof, all fees, costs, fines, penalties and forfeitures
which he is bound to account for and pay over as aforesaid, and that
he will faithfully and truly account for and pay over to the person or
corporation entitled thereto all money belonging to such person or
corporation which may come into his hands as such judge or justice
of the peace.

Every justice of the peace other than a trial magistrate or a sub-
stitute trial magistrate, and every clerk to a trial magistrate (except
in Montgomery and Prince George's counties), shall before entering
upon his duties, give a corporate bond similarly conditioned, in the
amount of $1,000.00.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may by regulation require
the several trial magistrates to give and file such additional bonds as
in his determination shall be advisable or necessary in relation to the
amount of fines, forfeitures, penalties and costs imposed and collected
by them individually in cases involving violations of the motor ve-
hicle laws. Except as to amount, such additional bonds shall be subject
generally to the terms and conditions applying to the several bonds as
required by this section.

The premiums of all bonds required by this subtitle shall be paid
by the county commissioners or county council.

125A. Except where inconsistent with other provisions of this
Article, the words "Trial Magistrate of Prince George's County"
appearing in this Article and elsewhere in this Code and the laws of
this State, shall be deemed to mean "Judges of the People's Court of
Prince George's County.

SEC. 2. THE JURISDICTION, POWERS, DUTIES, RESPONS-
IBILITITY AND AUTHORITY CONFERRED UPON THE TRIAL
MAGISTRATES OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AS NOW PRO-
VIDED BY LAW SHALL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL JANU-
ARY 1, 1962, AND AFTER THAT DATE, UPON APPOINTMENT
OF THE JUDGES OF THE PEOPLE'S COURT AS PROVIDED
HEREIN, AND THEIR QUALIFICATION, THE JUDGES OF THE
PEOPLE'S COURT SHALL ASSUME THEIR DUTIES AND