J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1303

110. Justices of the peace other than trial magistrates shall be paid
by the county commissioners, as full compensation for their official
acts and services in civil and criminal cases, the sum of $20.00
annually, but in Anne Arundel County they shall receive $200.00 an-
nually and shall post a sign on their place of business or residence
indicating their official office, and in Kent, Talbot and Queen Anne's
counties shall receive annually the sum of $50.00 and in Washington
County they shall receive the sum of $100.00 annually, in [Howard
and] Harford [counties] County they shall receive the sum of $200.00
annually, and in Carroll County they shall receive the sum of $180.00
annually, and in Charles County they shall receive the sum of $600.00
annually; but they may retain all fees lawfully charged by them for
taking acknowledgments or affidavits unrelated to their civil or
criminal jurisdiction. Committing magistrates in Charles County
shall receive an annual salary of $3,000.00. Committing magistrates
in Calvert County shall each receive an annual salary of three hun-
dred dollars ($300.00).

119.

(b) In Howard County, the substitute trial magistrate shall re-
ceive a salary of $300.00 per year in addition to the compensation re-
ceived when actually sitting as a substitute as herein provided. From
and after January 1, 1965, no substitute trial magistrate shall be ap-
pointed in Howard County; and no substitute trial magistrate in of-
fice on said date shall have any of the powers conferred upon trial
magistrates or substitute trial magistrates by this Article.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That new Section 124A be and
it is hereby added to the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard Coun-
ty (1957 Edition, being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland), title "Howard County", sub-title "Justices of the
Peace", to follow immediately after Section 124 thereof; and that new-
Sections 152A through 152N be and they are hereby added to said
Local Laws, to follow immediately after Section 152 thereof, and to
be under the new sub-title "People's Court of Howard County", all to
read as follows:

124A. From and after January 1, 1965, the provisions of this sub-
title shall be deemed to be repealed and of no further effect whatso-
ever.

People's Court of Howard County

152A. There is hereby created a People's Court of Howard County.
Said Court shall consist of two (2) Judges. The number of such
Judges may be increased by the General Assembly by law, but no
such decrease shall affect the term of any Judge then in office.

152B. No person shall be qualified to stand for election or to hold
the office of Judge of the People's Court of Howard County unless
he possesses the following qualifications:

(a)  He is at least thirty (30) years of age and less than seventy
(70) years of age, and

(b)  A member of the Bar of the State of Maryland and an active-
practicing attorney in Howard County for at least one (1) year, and