1302                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 597

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.

(c) 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)] (d)(1) 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 committing magistrate in the county will be available twenty-four
hours daily.

[(b)] (2) The trial magistrate of the county shall designate one or
more justices of the peace of the county to serve as a committing
magistrate 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 com-
mitting 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.

(e) From and after January 1, 1965, there shall be such number
of committing magistrates in Howard County as are provided in the
local laws thereof. From and after January 1, 1965, no justices of
the peace shall be appointed or designated as trial magistrates in
said County; and all jurisdiction conferred upon trial magistrates
shall, in Howard County, be vested in the People's Court of Howard
County as established by the local laws thereof.

108(13). There shall be three trial magistrates, each of whom
shall receive an annual salary of $1,200.00. One of said magistrates
shall sit at Ellicott City, one at Elkridge and one at Savage, (pro-
vided that the magistrate at Ellicott City shall sit at least one day
or a part thereof in each week at Lisbon.) From and after January 1,
1965, no trial magistrates shall be appointed for Howard County.

109. One constable at large may be appointed by the county
commissioners of the several counties for each trial magistrate, and
each of said constables at large shall receive, in lieu of fees in civil
and criminal cases, an annual salary of $600.00; but in Allegany
County, the County Commissioners shall appoint two constables at
large for the two trial magistrates who sit for the trial of cases in
the City of Cumberland; each of said constables shall receive an
annual salary of not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00);
and such mileage as the County Commissioners may allow, and the
County Commissioners of Allegany County may increase the com-
pensation of said constables or appoint additional constables at large
for trial magistrates in said county and provide for the compensation
of such constables either by the fees prescribed by law or by such an-
nual salary in lieu of fees, as the County Commissioners, in their dis-
cretion, may determine; provided, however, that the provisions of
this section shall not apply to the counties of Howard, Carroll,
Frederick, Montgomery, Wicomico, Prince George's, Harford, Cecil,
and Calvert, and in Anne Arundel the County Commissioners may
appoint two constables at salaries of not more than twelve hundred
dollars ($1,200.00) per year.