EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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tricts 4, 5, 6, 14, 22 and 23, appointed by the Governor of the
State at the Session of the Legislature of 1904, there shall be
appointed by the Governor at the Session of the Legislature of
1906, and biennially thereafter, according to law, only four
justices of the peace for said six districts, who shall be justices
of the peace at large for said Election Districts Nos. 4, 5, 6,
14, 22 and 23, in lieu of the six justices provided for in Section
179 of this Act ; each of which four justices of the peace shall
be entitled to receive a monthly salary of sixty dollars, payable
monthly, in lieu of all criminal fees, as provided in the aforesaid
section; and each of said four justices of the peace shall be re-
quired to make the monthly report in said preceding section
required ; provided, that no justice of the peace appointed under
this Act shall be entitled to receive said monthly salary unless
he shall make the monthly report under oath as above required,
and shall maintain an office for the transaction of such busi-
ness as may be brought before him, and keep the same open to
the public.

Appointments
to be made
biennially.

1796. It shall be the duty of each justice of the peace ap-
pointed under this Act, in order to avoid the unnecessary mul-
tiplication of costs against the county or offenders in criminal
cases, when a complaint discloses more than one misdemeanor
to have been committed by the person or persons complained
against, to consolidate or join in the warrant to be issued as
many distinct charges against said person or persons as there
may be misdemeanors complained of ; provided, that the justices
of the peace shall deem it consistent with justice so to do, and
upon the application of the defendant or defendants, if the
justice shall deem it necessary, he shall grant a severance of
the charges and a separate trial to each, but no additional war-
rant shall be required therefor ; and it shall be the duty of the
said justice of the peace once every month to make out a state-
ment of the fees owing by the County Commissioners to any
constable for legal services performed by such constable or con-
stables in the persecution of offenders before said justices dur-
ing the preceding month which have not been paid them by the
parties convicted, as required by law, and to state what fines and
costs such constable stands chargeable with, but no constable

Unnecessary
multiplication
of costs.

shall be entitled to appropriate any such fines or costs (to wit,
the costs payable as fees to the justice of the peace by offenders,
but by this Act required to be paid over to the county, instead
of to the justice, as hitherto) to the payment of any account he
may hold against said county, or to any other purpose what-
soever ; and the bond of such constable shall be liable for all
such fines and costs so chargeable against him.

Bonds of
constables
liable for
fines and
costs.