IN RE:
		:
	Michael D. Smith,	:	No. 1 JD 98
	District Justice In and For	:
	Magisterial District 52-3-04	:

AND NOW, this 5th day of May, 1998, upon consideration of the Petition for Relief filed by the Judicial Conduct Board, requesting this Court to suspend respondent with pay from his judicial duties, the Answer and Motion to Dismiss filed by respondent, and the Board's Answer to the Motion to Dismiss, it is hereby ORDERED that:

	1.	The Petition for Relief is hereby DENIED.
	2.	The Clerk shall forward copies of this Order to:

	a.	The Chief Justice of Pennsylvania;
	b.	The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania; and
	c.	The President Judge of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.