Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1922-04-21
Public Local Laws.

An Act to repeal Section of Chapter SO
OF the Laws of 1900. entitled IAN Act to
authorize the appointment of justice of
the peace who shall have Jurisdiction in and
for the town of Takoma Park; :" to re-enact
the said section with amendments, defin-
ing the Jurisdiction, duties and manner
OF appointment of said justice of the peace !;
authorizing him to be bonded; requiring
him to account for and pay over to the
said town certain fines, penalties forfeitures
and costs; and providing for his compen-
sation; and to repeal Section $40 of Arti-
Gle l6 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title Montgomery County," sub
title "Takoma Park" as enacted by Chap
ter 100 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of 1912.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, That Section of
Chapter 38 of the Laws of 1900. entitled
IAN Act to authorize the appointment of
a Justice Of the peace, who shall have
jurisdiction in and for the town of Takoma
Park" be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, so as to
read as follows:
Section |. The Governor is hereby author
lied and empowered. upon the recommen-
dation Of the Mayor and Council of the town
of Takoma Park, to appoint justice of the
peace for the said town. situate partly in
Montgomery county and partly in Prince
George county whose Jurisdiction shall be
confined to the limits of the said town. In
that portion of said town which is within
the territorial limits of Montgomery county,
the said justice of the peace shall have
concurrent civil and criminal jurisdiction
with the police justice at Rockville; and
in that portion Of said town which is
within the territorial limits of Prince
Georges county, the said Justice of the
peace shall have concurrent civil and
criminal Jurisdiction with other justices
Of the peace in said Prince Georges coun-
ty. The Mayor and Council of the said
town may in their discretion require the
said justice Of the peace to give bond to
the town of Takoma Park, Maryland in
such penalty as may be fixed by the said
Mayor and Council, not to exceed $500,
with surety to be approved by the said
Mayor and Council, conditioned that he
will well and faithfully perform the duties
and obligations of justice of the peace
within the territorial limits Of the said
town. as such duties are defined in this
Act and other statutes of this State, which
bond, If required by the Mayor and Coun-
Gil as aforesaid, shall be filed with the
clerk of the said town. If such bond is
required by the Mayor and Council, the said
Justice of the peace shall furnish said bond
before he acts as such. The said justice
Of the peace shall, on the first day of
every month following his appointment,
account for and pay over to the County
Commissioners Of Montgomery county all
fines, penalties, forfeitures and costs i'm
posed by him. which he shall receive for,
or on account Of, criminal offences tried
before him under the provisions of the
public general laws. the public local laws.
except for violation of the ordinances of
the said town which shall be paid to the
town of Takoma Park. The said justice
of the peace shall be entitled to receive
the fees now allowed by law in Mont
eomery and Prince Georges counties to
other justices Of the peace, in those coun-
ties respectively, for issuing any warrant
of arrest, or summons for witnesses, or for
hearings, trial judgment, and commitment
and shall also receive and be allowed the
same fees as other justices of the peace
in the said counties are respectively al
lowed in civil actions, and shall be paid
in the same manner as other justices OF
the peace are paid in said counties, re-
spectively.
Section 2. And be it further enacted,
That Section $50 Of Article l6 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
Montgomery County" subtitle "Takoma
Park, as re-enacted by Chapter 100 of the
General Assembly of 1912, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Section g. And be it further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws>in conflict
with this Act be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Section a. And be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be an
emergency law and necessary for the i'm
mediate preservation of the public health
and safety. and being passed upon yea
and nay vote. supported by three-ffths OF
all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its
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