ART. 16.] PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 733
for services rendered under this section, as he is entitled to for
similar services in other cases.
118. All fines imposed under the ordinances and by-laws of
the said commissioners, shall be recoverable in the name of the
said commissioners, before a justice of the peace for said county,
as small debts.
119. The said commissioners shall receive no compensation for
their services.
120. Any constable in said village, or the district in which it is
situated, may impound any swine or geese he shall find going at
large therein, and any constable so doing, shall immediately set
up notices thereof at the most public places in said village for at
least three days, inserting in such notices the marks and descrip-
tion of the said geese or swine, and if the same are not claimed
within five days after impounding them, and the expenses of
unpounding or keeping them, as determined by a justice of the
peace, paid, together with the sum of fifty cents for every hog,
and twelve and a half cents for every goose, the same shall, after
two days' notice, in writing, of the time and place of sale, be sold
by the constable at public sale, and the proceeds applied first to
the payment of the expense of impounding and keeping them,
and the residue, one-half to the constable, and the other half to
the commissioners of said village for the use of the village.
121. Any constable neglecting or.refusing to perform the duty
required of him in the preceding section, shall forfeit the sum of
five dollars for each neglect, to be recovered before a justice of
the peace, as small debts, one-half to the informer, and the other
half to thfrsaid commiaBionera for the uae of the village.
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122. The Orphans' Court of said county shall meet on the
third Tuesday in February, April, June, August, October and
December, in each year, or oftener, if need be, according to their
own adjournment; and all process issued from said court, unless
the court shall otherwise order, shall be returnable to said terms.
123. Each judge of said court shall be entitled to three dollars
a day for each day's attendance upon said court, and mileage at
the rate of five cents a mile for each mile he shall travel in going
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