JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 517.
AN ACT to add additional sections to Article 21 of the Code
of Public Local Laws, title "Talbot County," sub-title
"Justices of the Peace and Constables," to be designated
as Sections 117A, 117 B, 117 C, 117 D, 117 E, 117F, 117 G,
117 H and 117 I.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That additional sections be added to Article 21 of the
Code of Public Local Laws, title "Talbot County," sub-title
"Justices of the Peace and Constables," to be designated as
117A, 117 B, 117 C, 117 D, 117E, 117 F, 117 G, 117 H and 117I,
and to read as follows:

Talbot Co.
Justices of the
peace and
constables.

117A. That it shall be the duty of the Governor after the
appointment of the justices of the peace provided by Section
one hundred and seventeen of said Local Law to select from
the justices so appointed, one from the Easton District, who
shall be known and designated as "Police Justice;" the said
police justice shall have the same jurisdiction in criminal
cases as justices of the peace of Talbot County now possess,
and which may hereafter be conferred upon them by and under
the laws of the State, but shall have no civil jurisdiction.

Governor shall
appoint police
justice for
Easton.

The said police justice so selected shall be required to try and
determine all violations of the criminal laws which may arise
in said Easton District within the jurisdiction now possessed
by justices of the peace, subject, however, to the same right
of election to be tried by jury, notice of which must be clearly
given by said justice to the party before beginning trial, and
subject to the same right of appeal as now exists under the
law; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Act
shall preclude the said police justice from trying criminal
cases which arise in any other district of said county, if the
same shall be properly brought before him.

Duties of.

117 B. That the said police justice shall receive compensa-
tion for his services, the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars per
year, or the proportionate part thereof, so long as he shall
continue to act as such police justice in said district; said
salary to be paid by the County Commissioners of Talbot
County in equal quarterly installments, and shall be paid full
compensation for services required of him under this Act; and
no justice of the peace so selected for police justice shall be
permitted to charge any fee or receive a gratuity for making
any commitment, granting any lease, or for the performance
of any duty required by law in criminal cases.

Compensation