106                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 97

shall be located in Rockville and shall supervise the administration
of the branch offices of said court located in Rockville, Bethesda,
and Silver Spring. Each of said clerks of the several branches of
said court shall manage their respective offices under the supervision
of said chief clerk. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the dockets and records of arrest and convictions in traffic viola-
tions, and all other traffic records, shall be kept by the chief clerk
and several branch clerks in such form and under such plan as may
jointly be agreed upon by the chief judge of the People's Court of
Montgomery County and the Department of Motor Vehicles. Each
of said branch clerks shall make a daily report of all traffic con-
victions and other disposition of cases to the said chief clerk and
said chief clerk shall make proper report at periodic intervals of
all traffic convictions and other disposition of cases to the Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles in accordance with such agreed plan, and,
together therewith, said chief clerk shall make remittance of all
revenues due the State of Maryland from traffic violation fines and
costs to the Department of Motor Vehicles. The department of fi-
nance of Montgomery County shall regularly audit the accounts and
records of the chief clerk and said branch clerks and shall furnish
the Department of Motor Vehicles and the State Comptroller reg-
ularly a certificate attesting to the fact that an audit verification
of traffic violation fines and costs imposed in the People's Court of
Montgomery County has been made, and that all fines and costs
due the State of Maryland have been remitted to the Department
of Motor Vehicles. Each of said branch clerks shall have custody of
all monies paid into the court for any purpose and shall deposit
such monies promptly in an account in the name of the chief clerk
in Montgomery County; upon deposit in said account or accounts,
the chief clerk shall have custody of all such monies. Each branch
clerk shall report promptly to the chief clerk all fines, forfeitures
and costs and shall report any funds in his custody. The chief
clerk shall prepare, sign and deliver with appropriate remittances
to county and State officials such reports of fines, forfeitures and
costs as are required of trial magistrates by law. The chief clerk,
the deputy chief clerk and the several branch clerks shall perform
such other duties as shall be properly assigned to them by the
judges of the People's Court, and they shall receive such salary as
shall be fixed by the County Council of said county in equal monthly
installments; the chief clerk before entering upon his duties shall
give bond to the State of Maryland in the penalty of fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000.00) and the said branch clerks and deputy chief
clerk before entering upon their duties shall each give bond to the
State of Maryland in the penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000.00); each of said bonds shall be for the full four year
term of office and shall have corporate sureties satisfactory to [said
County Council] the County Mananger, the premium of said bonds
to be paid by the County Council of Montgomery County. The County
Council for Montgomery County shall provide such additional clerical
help as may be necessary to carry out the administrative work of
said court and its branches at salaries to be fixed by said County
Council for Montgomery County.

120.

Every trial magistrate, and judge and substitute judge of the
people's court of Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Prince George's