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from; it is the duty of a justice to try, hear and determine all
controversies within his jurisdiction. Article 52, sections 1-72.
Justices shall have the jurisdiction exercised by Circuit Courts
in all cases of assault without felonious intent, and assault and
battery, and larceny of property of a value not over $5. 00, and
all misdemeanors where the penalty is not confinement in the
penitentiary; justices of the peace give no bond, except in Balti-
more city, and where they are made police justices, and are
appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, and shall hold their office two years; no special
time set for appointment; their compensation is by fees, except
when they act as police justices, under special Acts of Assembly,
when they are salaried. Constitution, Article IV, section 42,
Acts of 1890, chapter 618.

Measurer of Carts. —The Governor shall appoint, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, one competent person to
measure and stamp carts in Baltimore city, and vehicles dealing
in sawed and split wood. The measurer may appoint deputies;
may measure wood in dispute between buyer and seller of wood.
Fee of one dollar allowed for each cart or vehicle inspected.
No bond. Article 4, sections 527-534, P. L. L.

Measurers of Oysters. —The Governor, at each session of the
General Assembly, no advice and consent of the Senate required,
shall appoint five persons for the city of Baltimore, and one per-
son for each of all the other ports or towns bordering upon the
Chesapeake bay and its tributaries, as general measurers of oys-
ters. Each measurer is to give a bond of $3, 000 to the State;
but before what officer is not specified. Duties, to measure
oysters. Fee, ten cents per hundred bushels, to be paid by the
seller. Article 72 of the Code. Acts 1884, chapter 299.

Notaries Public. —Notaries public are paid by fees, except in
Baltimore city. (See fee table in Article 36, section 22, of the
Code. ) They are appointed by the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Senate. The Governor shall designate the
places where the notaries are to reside, and is not limited in the
number he may appoint, except in the city of Baltimore. Bond
$6, 000, for the city of Baltimore; $2, 000, in the counties; to be
approved by the Governor. A notary has power to administer
oaths; to take acknowledgments of instruments and commercial
papers; to make protests and to certify to their official acts;
they shall keep a register and give copies of their records; in
case of vacation of office, their register and papers shall be de-
posited with the clerk of the Circuit or Superior Court; they
shall provide a notarial seal; a notary may perform special acts
proper to be done by a notary public in other counties of the
State than that for which he is appointed; he must not sign and
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