1306                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 597

(c) The committing magistrates shall sit at such times and places
and shall perform such duties as are assigned to them by the Chief
Judge of the People's Court. In the conduct and administration of
their affairs they shall conform to such practices and procedures,
consistent with law, as are prescribed by the Chief Clerk of the
People's Court with the approval of the Chief Judge thereof.

152J. (a) There shall be a Chief Clerk of the People's Court who
shall be appointed by the Chief Judge, receive an annual salary of
four thousand dollars ($4,000), and give bond with corporate surety,
conditioned upon the proper performance of his duties, in such
amount as the Chief Judge shall prescribe, the premium of which
shall be paid by the county commissioners.

(b) The Chief Clerk shall perform the duties prescribed for Clerks
of Court by Section 10 of Article IV of the Constitution of Mary-
land. He shall be responsible for the maintenance, custody and pres-
ervation of a full and true record of all proceedings in the People's
Court, and, as hereinafter provided, for the collection, custody,
accounting and remittance of all fines, penalties, forfeitures, fees and
costs. The Chief Clerk shall perform such additional duties as may
from time to time be assigned to him by the Chief Judge.

The Chief Clerk shall establish and maintain a complete and accu-
rate system of books and accounts for the effective control of all
monies received, disbursed or otherwise handled by the People's
Court. In the establishment of such accounting and recording prac-
tices and procedures he shall seek the advice of the State Auditor,
who shall study and review the systems of accounting and methods
of bookkeeping proposed to be established, and direct such revisions
therein as to him seem necessary or desirable. The Chief Clerk shall
comply with all directives of the State Auditor respecting the book-
keeping and accounting procedures of the office, and shall insure
that such procedures continually conform to said directives.

The Chief Clerk shall file with the county commissioners at least
once monthly, a verified account of all fines, forfeitures, penalties,
fees and costs imposed by said Court during the previous month
which are payable to the county commissioners. Said account shall
show the amounts paid in each case, the nature of the charge for
which payment was made, the nature of the case and the name of
the party making payment. At the time of filing any account the
Chief Clerk shall pay over to the county commissioners the amount
of said fines, forfeitures, penalties, fees and costs received. All pay-
ments required by law to be made to the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles or to the State of Maryland shall be promptly made in
accordance with law and with such regulations consistent therewith
as the said Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or the Comptroller of
the State of Maryland, respectively, shall prescribe. All monies re-
ceived from the imposition of fines, forfeitures, penalties, fees and
costs shall be promptly deposited in a bank account maintained in
the name of the Chief Clerk in his official capacity where they shall
be retained until payment is made thereof to the officials to whom
they are due.

152K. (a) In addition to the Chief Clerk, there shall be one (1)
assistant clerk of the People's Court who shall receive an annual
salary of thirty-six hundred dollars ($3,600), one constable who shall
receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200), and