LICENSES 2393
taining to his office; and no such justice shall collect any fine or costs in
any case involving a violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws of this State
until he has completed the entries pertaining to such case in his docket
kept for the making of his records, and all such dockets shall be preserved
and transmitted to the clerks of the courts as required by Article 52 of
the Code, all such warrants and dockets at all times to be subject to inspec-
tion upon demand by any person named therein and by all State officials
or their duly authorized representatives.
All Justices of the Peace shall deliver upon request without charge to
the accused a receipt showing in detail the amount of fine and costs imposed
upon and paid by such accused.
No Justice of the Peace shall divide the fees of his office with any con-
stable, sheriff or other State officer, or with any individual not a constable
or officer, who may assist in making an arrest or furnishing evidence in
a case arising under the Motor Vehicle Laws.
No Justice of the Peace shall receive evidence of an alleged violation
of the Motor Vehicle speed laws over a measured course unless such
evidence is obtained and offered by representatives of the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles acting under his direction.
Any Justice of the Peace violating any provision of this section, or
failing or refusing to make the returns of convictions to the Motor Vehicle
Commissioner elsewhere provided for in this sub-title, shall be subject to
removal as provided in Section 42 of Article IV of the Constitution.
The fees of constables in cases involving violations of the Motor Vehicle
Laws of this State shall be as follows:
For serving each State warrant and making his return thereon, seventy-
five cents, but such fee shall not be charged in any case in which such arrest
has been made directly by such constable without warrant, in which event
the constable making such arrest shall receive a fee of twenty-five cents,
which fee in either event shall cover any other official service he may ren-
der in connection with the trial of the accused.
No constable shall under any circumstances receive or attempt to collect
any fine, charge or deposit of collateral for appearance in any case involving
a violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws of this State, and any constable
violating this provision or collecting or attempting to collect any charge or
fee in excess of these above enumerated, or accepting any sum of money
from a person arrested by him in consideration of immunity from prosecu-
tion shall be subject to removal as provided by the Constitution.
No sheriff in this State shall be entitled to any fee for his services in
connection with any prosecution under the Motor Vehicle Laws of. this
State in excess of the fees prescribed for Sheriffs by Article 36 of the
Public General Laws, all or any local laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
No motorcycle deputy appointed or employed by the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles shall directly or indirectly be entitled to or receive any fee
or charge of any kind for services rendered by him in connection with any
prosecution for a violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title.
No constable, sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer or other peace officer
shall be entitled to receive any fee for testifying as a witness in any case
involving a violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws.
See sec. 208, et seq.
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