1294                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 594

(1962 Supplement), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title "Trial
Magistrates System", and to add new Sections 97B and 122A to
the said Article and sub-title of the Code, to follow immediately
after Sections 97A and 122 respectively, relating generally to the
justices of the peace and committing magistrates in Charles
County, to change their salaries, to provide for their quarters,
office equipment, salaries, powers and duties and relating to the
trial magistrate of the county and his duties. , AND PROVIDING
FOR MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SALARIES FOR CLERICAL
ASSISTANTS TO THE TRIAL MAGISTRATES.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 97, 110, 112 (B) and 122 of Article 52 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1962 Supplement), title "Justices of the
Peace", sub-title "Trial Magistrates System", be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; that new Sections 97B
and 122A be and they are hereby added to the said Article and sub-
title of the Code, to follow immediately after Sections 97A and 122
respectively, and all 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 magis-
trates 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.

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 (5) days after such notice.

In Harford County the Governor shall appoint no more than
eighteen "'committing magistrates" selected judiciously to serve the
entire county with a due regard for population and geography.

[(a) In Charles County the committing magistrates shall make
themselves available at all times to carry out their duties, and under
the supervision of the trial magistrate of the county, so that a com-
mitting magistrate in the county will be available twenty-four hours
daily.

(b) The trial magistrate of the county shall designate one or more
justices of the peace of the county to serve as a committing magis-
trate when no committing magistrate is available, and during such
period the justice of the peace shall be qualified to carry out the
duties of the committing magistrate and while acting as a commit-
ting magistrate the justice of the peace shall receive compensation
for the period so acting at the rate that the committing magistrate
would receive for such period.]