The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-14

| found, is hereby authorized and empowered 10
release for the next hearing before said station
| house justice any person so arrested upon de-
| pOsit of an amount equal to the maximum nne
and the costs or penalty imposed il found gull
| hearing the deposit SO made is to be returned to
| the depositor if the complaint is dismissed or
ing, and if said person SO arrested fails to ap-
pear at said hearing, or If he appears and is con-
| victed of such charge, the amount so deposited,
| or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay
| the fine or penalty imposed and costs, shall be
| appropriated as designated by law.
142B. 1t shall be the duty of the police officers
appointed by the County Commissioners OF BAR
timore county, when called upon so to do, to
serve and execute any and all Writs, warrants,
subpoenas and commitments which may be
issued by the justices of the peace of Baltimore
caunty in the exercise of their criminal juris-
diction said police officers to receive no addi-
tional compensation for such services; in the
twelfth election district all writs or warrants as
aforesaid issued by any Justice of the peace
other than the station house justice aforesaid
shall be delivered for service or execution to a
police officer of said district, and shall not be
delivered to or served by any constable of said
house justice appointed for said district may in
his discretion deliver writs. warrants, subponas
ofiieef ID ms discretion.
142C. No Justice of the peace. in any case of
debt or damages whatever shall issue a sum-
mons for the defendant, except on application
for the same by the plaintiff or his attorney, in
person or in writing, accompanied with the
cause or causes of action in said case nor an
execution except upon the order of the plaintiff
OF MS attorney, III person or IN WrlClnB anu II
any justice of the peace shall issue summons
or execution contrary to the provisions OF this
section, or if any constable shall knowingly
serve the same, such justice or constable shall
be liable to indictment in the Circuit Court for
Baltimore county. and on conviction shall be
disqualified from holding his office.
142D. No justice of the peace for said county
shall engage in the discharge of his duties as
justice in a bar-room of tavern or public
offending shall be liable to Indictment by the
grand jury of said county, and on conviction
shall be fined twenty dollars, to be paid to the
County Commissioners of said county for the
use of the county; and on second conviction
shall be disqualified from holding office.
r snail 4 De sa aae Tey Sr the S0rny y sac
year, to appoint one of the constables in each
district of the county to inspect licenses in the
district; and the constables so appointed shall
visit every place of business in his district,
the proprietOrs whereof are required to have
licenses Immediately before the May and De-
proprietor of each place of business to produce
license and in case of a refusal to produce
the same the constable & shall arrest arrest the proprie
the peace, who shall take recognizance from
him, with security, to appear before the next
without license and if upon trial of such per-
son so recognized, he shall produce license the
court may, in its discretion. cause the party in
dicted to pay the cost of the prosecution as
punishment for his refusal to produce the
license when required by the constable (; and
iuries for the said terms of the Circuit Court
lists of all places of business in their respective
districts, which list shall contain the names of
persons doing business at each place, the char
acter of business, the date of the license, which
shall include the year for which it is issued and
the name therein. Each constable appointed by
the County commissioners as inspector OF IL
cense shall receive from them fee of ten cents
for each license inspected by him, on making
affidavit that he has personally Inspected said
license.
142F. Constables in Baltimore county shall be
entitled to the fees prescribed by law for the
nua6h hxx%
that no constable in said county shall be enti-
tied to receive from the County Commissioners
more than fifteen dollars in fees for his services
in criminal cases in any one month 7; and pro-
vided further, that no constable shall be eEti-
tied to receive any fee in connection with the
case of any person charged with violating the
provisions of Chapter 397 of the Acts of 1892. No
constable shall deputize any person to act in the
service of any writ whatever for him or in his
142G. Justices of the peace in Baltimore coun-
ty shall be entitled to charge for their services
in criminal cases the following fees: For issu-
ing each State writ, twenty five cents; for each
summons for witnesses, including all the wit
nesses ordered by the same party or side at one
than five witnesses be ordered by the same party
or side at one time, then the justice of the peace
shalaa he feditIeed tIeJQ tQ EscejXes ffRs
one dollar; for every commitment. twenty-five
cents for every release, twenty-five cents for
taking recognizances in each case reported to
the Circuit Court, twenty-five cents; for taking
recognizances in each case for nearing OF ira!
for taking recognizances of all witnesses in any
one case, twenty-five cents each provided, that
no recognizance for the appearance of any wit
ness shall be taken unless the justice of the
peace be satisfied that the same is absolutely
necessary to secure the ends of Justice and the
attendance OF such witnesses; Tor eacn attacn-
ment for contempt, twenty-five cents provided,
that no justices of the peace appointed to SIT at
respectively in the thirteenth election district,
shall be entitled to receive from the County
Commissioners more than forty dollars as fees
month, and that no justice of the peace, other
than station house justice, shall be entitled to
receive from said County Commissioners more
than ten dollars as fees for his services IN crlm-
nal cases in any one month; and that the justice
of the peace selected to sit - Cne station house,
in.9saiun ~ ti,o tm.irth election district, shall
sum of eighty three dollars and thirty y-three
cents per month, or prOportionate part there
of, so long as he shall continue to act at said
station house, under the selection of the Gov
ernOr, as hereinbefOre set forth; which sum OF
money shall be paid to him by the treasurer OF
Commissioners at the end of each month of his
said service, or proportionable part tnereof at
the end OF any portion OF monIn at Wnicn 4 Ine
tion house may terminate. as hereinbefore pro-
vided and no justice of the peace selected for
said station house shall be permitted ne 70 cnarge
hereinafter provided, or receive any gratulty
for granting any release, or for the performance
of any duty required by law.
142H. The aforesaid fees of said constables
and justices for said county shall be taxed
against and paid by the party against ali sEa %h9m I'm
discharged therefrom by due course OF law; II
such party against whom judgment is rendered
is Unable 1 to Re to
i42G.
142I. Every Justice of the peace appointed
under this sub division of this Article shall file
with the County Commissioners of Baltimore
county on the first Wednesday of each and
n mt fQd hU
affirmation, of all fines, forfeitures and penal
ties imposed by him under the laws of this State
and received during the preceding month {;
which said account shall show the names of the
respective defendants, the Acts of Assembly,
provisions of law or charges under which SAID
fines, forfeitures and penalties were respective
ly imposed, and the amounts paid in each case
by the said respective defendants; and the said
justices of the peace, at the time OF Ming said
account, the station house justice selected to
sit at the Canton station house excepted, shall
pay over to the County Commissioners the
OF sac r t6a 1 of tbe connV and the
Justice of the peace selected sit at the station
house at Canton, in the twelfth election dis
ly account and report as above, shall make
fsg report ct and PsE oyer & t0 the Marshal q
lected as aforesaid during the preceding day.
and in addition thereto shall account for and
pay over to said Marshal of Police all fees taxed
as costs and paid by the parties against whom
| Judgment was rendered, as provided for in Sec
| tion 142H., the said Marshal of Police to make
penalties, forfeitures and fees collected by him,
| as aforesaid, to the County Commissioners on
| Tuesday of each and every week; and upon the
| sit at the station house at Canton, or of said
Marshal of Police, respectively, to account for
and pay over all fines forfeitures, penalties and
costs, as aforesaid, and at the times and in the
| manner specified, he shall be liable to indict-
| ment by the grand jury of Baltimore county,
| and upon conviction shall be fined not less than
| twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dol
| lars. and shall be disqualified from holding his
office.
| 142J. If any justice of the peace shall not
have imposed or received any such fines, for
| FIXTURES or penalties, as aforesaid, during the
| month preceding the date fixed for the making
of said returns, he shall file affidavit or affr-
| nation to that effect at the time prescribed for
| filing said account.
| l42K. The County Commissioners of Balti-
more county are authorized and empowered to
| require at any time any justice of the peace OF
| said county to produce before them his criminal
| docket for examination.
| 142L. II any justice of the peace appointed as
hereinbefore provided, shall fail or refuse to file
his account or return, as prescribed by Sections
l42I and 142J. or shall fail to produce his docket
| within ten days after demand therefor, he
shall be liable to indictment by the grand jury
| of Baltimore county, and on conviction shall be
| fined twenty dollars for the use of the county
| and on a second conviction shall be fined a like
| sum and shall be disqualified from holding his
| office and any justice of the peace making any
false return under said sections, shall be deemed
| guilty of perjury, and on conviction thereof