J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          961

(F) RESIDENCE. ALL CLERKS AND EMPLOYEES OF SAID
COURT, DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF SUCH EMPLOY-
MENT SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF BALTIMORE CITY EX-
CEPT THE EMPLOYEES OF THE TRAFFIC COURT OF BALTI-
MORE CITY WHO ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE MUNICIPAL
COURT OF BALTIMORE CITY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE IV, SECTION 41C OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS
STATE.

127. Expenses. All necessary expenses for the operation of the
Traffic Division of the Court, excluding quarters and the salaries
of the judges (including salary costs and pensions) shall be paid
as provided in Article 66½, Section 342 341 (d). All other necessary
expenses for the operation of the Court, excluding quarters, shall
be paid out of the Municipal Court Special Fund which is hereby
created. All costs imposed by the Court shall be paid into the Munic-

ipal Court Special Fund. Any excess in said special fund over the

expenses chargeable against it, as of the 30th day of June in any

year, shall be paid to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. Any

deficiency in said special fund, to meet the expenses chargeable

against it, as of the 30th day of June in any year, shall be paid by
the Mayor and Council of Baltimore. The Chief Clerk is hereby

empowered to deduct any such deficiency from those fines imposed

by the Court which would otherwise be payable to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore.

IPAL COURT SPECIAL FUND. THERE SHALL ALSO BE PAID
INTO THE MUNICIPAL COURT SPECIAL FUND FROM THE
SOURCES COMPRISING THE MOTOR VEHICLE REVENUE
FUND, AS CREATED BY SECTION 341 (D) OF ARTICLE 66½,
A SUM EQUIVALENT TO THE SALARY COSTS OF FOUR (4)
ASSOCIATE JUDGES OF THE COURT. ANY EXCESS OF THE
PAYMENTS INTO THE MUNICIPAL COURT SPECIAL FUND
OVER THE EXPENSES CHARGEABLE AGAINST IT IN ANY
FISCAL YEAR SHALL NOT REVERT TO THE STATE, BUT
SHALL REMAIN IN SAID FUND AS A SPECIAL RESERVE.
WHEN SUCH SPECIAL RESERVE SHALL AMOUNT TO ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000.00), ANY EXCESS
OF THE PAYMENTS MADE TO SAID FUND OVER THE EX-
PENSES CHARGEABLE AGAINST IT, AS OF THE THIRTIETH
DAY OF JUNE IN ANY YEAR, SHALL BE PAID TO THE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE.

128. Fines and Costs.

(a)  Criminal Division—The court costs in the Criminal Division
of said Court shall be Three Dollars ($8.00) in each case in which
costs are imposed. Fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed in said,
Division shall be paid to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

(b)  Traffic Division—The schedule of costs in the Traffic Division
for cases in which costs are imposed shall be as follows:

Fifty Cents (50¢) in those cases in which a guilty plea may be,
and is, entered without appearance before the Court.

One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) in those cases in which appear-
ance before the Court is required and a plea of guilty is entered.