PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1435

ply with the law providing for committing or bailing of parties
held for the action of the grand jury.

1910, ch. 294, sec. 9.

338. That in the event of the absence of said Justice any
one of the judges of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County
shall designate and appoint one of the other justices of the peace
of said county to act during his absence who shall for the time
being be clothed with all the powers and authorities of said
justice. And in the event of death, removal or resignation of
said justice so appointed by the provisions of this act, any one
of the judges of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County
may appoint and designate one of the justices of the peace of
said county to act as and in place of said police justice for the
remainder of term for which said police justice had been
appointed for; provided, however, that said justice so appointed
shall comply with the provisions of this act in the matter of
giving bond and making reports as herein provided for.

1910, ch. 294, sec. 10."

339. That it shall be the duty of said police justice so
appointed to have all charges made against any person because
of the alleged commission by such person of any criminal
offense, it shall be his duty to carefully examine into every such
charge to the end that while justice shall be done no person
shall be subjected to costs or imprisonment without sufficient
cause, and said justice shall have the power to hear, try and
determine the case of every person who may be arrested, and
brought before him for any act done or omitted to be done in
the county of Montgomery, the doing of which act or the omis-
sion to do which act is or may be punishable under an Act of
the Assembly of this State or under any ordinance passed by
tny incorporated town in the county of Montgomery as and
for a misdemeanor.

Ibid. sec. 11.

340. That in all criminal prosecutions or proceedings which
wader the provisions of the preceding sections may be heard,
tried and determined before said justice herein provided for
and authorized, it shall be the duty of said justice of the
peace, in the event of conviction of the accused at the said
trial, to impose upon the said accused so convicted the fine or
fine and punishment prescribed in the case of such convictions
by the Act of Assembly of Maryland, or by ordinance of any
incorporated town in Montgomery county for the violation of
which the accused was so tried; provided, however, that said
justice shall not have the power or authority to .sentence any
committed person for the commission of any felony.