268 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

two constables; for ward number eight, one justice of the peace
and two constables; for ward number nine, one justice of the
peace and two constables; for ward number ten, two justices of
the peace and four constables; for ward number eleven, one jus-
tice of the peace and two constables; for ward number twelve,
one justice of the peace and two constables; for ward number
thirteen, one justice of the peace and two constables; for ward
number fourteen, one justice of the peace and two constables;

for ward number fifteen, one justice of the peace and two con-
stables ; for ward number sixteen, one justice of the peace and
two constables; for ward number seventeen, one justice of the
peace and two constables; for ward number eighteen, one justice
of the peace and two constables; for ward number nineteen, one
justice of the peace and two constables; for ward number
twenty, one justice of the peace and two constables.

620. Every justice of the peace for said^city shall keep his
office or place for the transaction of business within the ward in
which he may have been elected.

621. The justices of the peace for said city shall keep their
places of official business open each and every day (Sunday
excepted) from the hour of eight o'clock in the forenoon until
one o'clock in the afternoon, and from three o'clock in the
afternoon until six o'clock in the afternoon; but nothing herein
contained shall be construed to exempt them from the duty of
attending at all times to the criminal business of the State.

622. No justice of the peace in any case of debt or damages
whatever shall issue a summons or execution, except on ap-
plication for the same by the plaintiff or his attorney in per-
son, or by writing accompanied with the cause or causes of
action in said case; and if any justice of the peace for said city
shall issue a summons or execution contrary hereto, or if any
constable shall serve the satne knowingly, such justice or con-
stable shall be liable to indictment in the Criminal Court of
Baltimore, and shall on conviction be disqualified from holding
his office.

623. Every summons issued by said justices shall be made
returnable before the same or any justice of the peace of
the ward in which the debtor may reside, and the defendant
shall have his election to have his cause tried before the justice
who issued the summons or<before the justice of the ward in