968 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 15

22, 24 and 25, or to the sheriff of said county on the
oath or affirmation of another constable or other officer,
and no warrant shall be issued by said justice to a con-
stable or to the sheriff on the oath or affirmation
of any police officer of the town of Hagerstown;
and when any warrant is issued by a justice of the peace
on the complaint, oath or affirmation of any constable,
sheriff, deputy sheriff or other officer, and such charge
shall be dismissed or the defendant acquitted, no fees in
such cases shall be allowed by the county commissioners
to any officer serving such warrant or other process.

"265 I. The constables of the 3, 17, 21, 22, 24 and 25 dis-
tricts of said county for the service of all process and
summonses for witnesses made by them in criminal cases,
shall receive from the county commissioners the sum of
$35. 00 per month, payable in cash or county order equiva-
lent to cash on the day of his making his report which he is
required to submit in writing, under oath taken before
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington county, to
the county commissioners at their first regular meeting
In each month said report shall contain in detail each and
every charge he may have against the county: provided,
that if the amount of the constables' fees for the service,
of process by him, as may appear by his report and the
report of the justices of the peace is less than $35, then
and in that case such constable shall only receive the
amount of fees appearing by said reports to have been
earned by him.

"265 J. The duly appointed and qualified police officers
of the town of Hagerstown are hereby invested with full
power and authority of county constables without pay
other than that received from said town, but they shall
not have any jurisdiction in civil cases.

"271. The justices of the peace in Washington county
except the justices of the 3, 17, 21, 22, 24 and 25 dis-
tricts, shall be entitled to charge for their services in
all criminal cases tried or heard before them the fol-
lowing fees to-wit: For issuing each State writ 25 cents;
for summoning all the witnesses on both sides in any
case, 50 cents; for each trial, 1 dollar; for every commit-
ment, 25 cents; for every release, 25 cents; for any re-
cognizance in each case reported to the Circuit Court, in-
cluding witnesses, 25 cents; the fees for services of the