JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 33
SEC. 625. Each of the justices of the peace, ap-
pointed under the provisions of this act, for any i
legislative district, shall keep his office within the
limits of the legislative district for which he may
have been appointed, except as hereinafter provided.
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Shall keep his
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SEC. 626. It shall be the duty of the Governor,
after the appointment of the justices of the peace
provided for by this act, to select from the justices
of the peace, so appointed, a justice of the peace to
sit at each Station House in the City of Baltimore.
It shall be the duty of the justices, so selected, to sit
at said respective station houses, to hear all charges
made against any person for any criminal offence;
they shall examine carefully into such charges, when
made, to the end that while justice shall be done, no
person may be oppressed, or subjected to costs or
imprisonment without just cause; it shall further be
the duty of said respective justices of the peace, se-
lected to sit at said respective -station houses, to hear
all cases in which any fine, penalty or forfeiture, not
exceeding o. ne hundred dollars, is sought to be re-
covered from any person or corporation, under or
by virtue of any law of this State, or under or by
virtue of any ordinance of the. Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore; the said respective justices,
so selected, shall keep their respective offices at said
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Select station
house justi-
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Duties.
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respective station houses, and shall there attend from
six o'clock A. M. to eight o'clock A. M. on every clay in
the week, and from ten o'clock A. M. until twelve
o'clock M. on every day in the week except Sunday,
and from two o'clock P. M. until six o'clock P. M.
on every day in the week except Sunday, and on
Sundays from six o'clock A. M. until seven o'clock
A. M., and from five o'clock P. M. to six o'clock P.
M. to perform such duties as their respective offices
may require; each of said justices shall attend in ad-
dition, at his station house, at such other hours and
times as he may be required to do by the Board of
Police Commissioners for the City of Baltimore, or
by the State's Attorney of Baltimore city, for the
time being; the said justices, of the peace, so selected,
shall transact no other business at the said respec-
tive station houses, except the business provided by
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