752

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Shall appoint
Constable in
each district to
inspect
licenses, etc.

Sec. 142. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners,
on the last Tuesday in April in each 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
December terms of the court, and shall require the proprietor
of each place of business to produce a license, and, in case of
refusal to produce the same, the constable shall arrest the
proprietor so refusing and take him before a justice of the
peace, who shall take recognizance from him, with security,
to appear before the next term of court to answer the charge
of selling without license; and if upon trial of such person so
recognized he shall produce a license, the court may, in its
discretion, cause the party indicted to pay the cost of the
prosecution as a punishment for his refusal to produce the
license when required by the constable; and the said con-
stables shall return to the grand juries for the said terms of
the Circuit Court correct lists of all the places of business in
their respective districts, which lists shall contain the names
of persons doing business at each place, the character of busi-
ness, the date of the license, which shall include the year for
which it is issued and the name therein; and in all cases of
conviction for selling in said county without a license the
constable informing against the person so convicted shall
receive the informer's portion of the fine imposed, when his
name is endorsed on the back of the indictment by the grand
jury; each constable appointed by the County Commissioners

Fees.

as inspector of license shall receive from them a fee of ten
cents for each license inspected by him on making affidavit
that he has personally inspected said license.

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 471.

AN ACT to regulate the keeping of the records and accounts
in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince
George's County.

Prince
George's Co.
Clerk of the
Circuit Court.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maty-
land, That the following section be added to Article 17, of
the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Prince George's County,"
sub-title "Clerk of the Circuit Court," and be designated as
Sections 85B and 85C.