The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-02-15

QfeQ dollars (SlUU) maximum VI
Imprisonment for not less than
ten days nor more than thirty
days.
For unauthorized use of motor
vehicles, a minimum fine OF
twenty-five Dollars (S25) has
been inserted, or imprisonment
for not less than thirty days nor
more than one year. Conviction
of a subsequent offense carries a
penalty of imprisonment for not
less than six months nor more
than two years.
A minimum fine Of Five DOLL
ars ($5) has been inserted for
discount to chauffers.
The time within which appeals
from Justices of the Peace must
be taken is reduced from thirty
days to ten days. Minimum PEN
alties for destroying or erasing
the endorsement Of conviction
made by a Justice of the Peace,
of Twenty-Five Dollars fine and
ten days imprisonment for the
first offense are inserted.
This section creates a Traffic
Court with exclusive jurisdiction
in Baltimore City over all viola
tons of the Motor Vehicles Laws
of the State and traffic ordinanc-
es of the city, and concurrent
jurisdiction with other Justices
of the Peace outside of Baltimore
| City over violations of the Motor
Vehicles Laws of the State in
| those cases where it is conven-
| lent for the accused to have COM
plants tried in Baltimore City.
It is provided that any person SC
accused shall have the right be.
fore trial to order the case re-
moved for trial before a Justice
of the Peace of the County in
which the alleged offense occur.
ed. The Traffic Court is to be
located in the Central Police Sta.
ton in Baltimore City, and is to
be presided over by Justice OF
the Peace appointed by the Gov
ernor. The Justice of the Peace
of the Traffic Court is to receive
a salary of Twenty-Five Hun.
dred Dollars a year, and is to
have a substitute who is to re-
ceive a salary Of Five Hundred
Dollars a year. Other officials
and clerks of the Court are to be
| furnished by the Board Of Police
Commissioners of Baltimore
City. Provision is made for the
keeping of records, dockets, etc.
The Justice of the Traffic Court
is given power topunish for con-
tempt, and is required to furnish
bond in the sum of Ten Thous-
and Dollars. All salaries and
other expenses of the Court are
to be paid out of the receipts of
the Commissioner of Motor We
hicles.
The section has been changed
| to require persons offering motor
| vehicles as bail, to state, under
oath, whether mortgages or
| other liens exist against the We
hicles so offered.
The section has been changed
in order to make it clear that the
| double penalties provided for ad-
ditional offenses do not apply to
| those cases for which special
provision is made in the law.
The fees paid to Justices of
the Peace have been increased to
insure costs amounting to 81. Is
in contested cases instead of 70
cents as at present, and Is cents
in uncontested cases, instead of
IS cents as at present. A pro-
vision has also been inserted pro-
hibiting any Justice of the Peace
from receiving evidence of an
alleged violation of the speed
laws over a measured course,
unless such evidence is obtained
and offered by representatives
of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles. acting under his direc-
ton. This provision was insert
ed to prevent the recurrence of
what are known as speed traps"
by local authorities.
RULES OF THE ROAD.
The phraseology of this section
has been changed to make it
clear that it is intended to apply
to horse drawn vehicles as we'll
as motor vehicles. A clause has
been inserted requiring vehicles
carrying poles or other objects
projecting more than five feet
from the rear, to carry red flags
during the day and red lights
during the night. The section
has been changed to prohibit a