1594 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 823]

same proceeding shall be had in reference thereto in the same
manner as if this act had not been enacted.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are
hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the thirty-first day of December, 1912.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 823.

Ax ACT to repeal section 629 of Article 4 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland, title "City of Baltimore," sub-
title "Justices of the Peace and Constables," to repeal and
re-enact with amendments section 206, sub-title "Constables,"
and 623, 624, 625, 627, 628 and 648, sub-title "Justices of
the Peace and Constables," of said Article 4, and to add three
additional sections to said Article 4 to follow immediately
after said section 625, as amended, and to be known respec-
tively as sections 625A, 625B and 625C.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the. General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 629 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Justices
of the Peace and Constables," be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as fol-
lows:

SEC. 206. There shall be one constable for every ward of
the City of Baltimore, who shall be appointed by the Mayor
in the mode prescribed in section 25 of this article; said con-
stables shall hold their offices for two years and their compensa-
tion, payable by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
shall be as follows: One of said constables shall receive the
annual salary of $1800 as chief constable; 7 of said constables
shall receive the annual salary of $1200; the remaining 16 of
said constables shall receive each an annual salary of $1000,
and said constables, in addition to their functions as constables,
shall have the following duties:

(a) Said chief constables shall also, under the supervision

of the said five justices of the peace of the People's Court,

have the custody of all the dockets, records and papers of the

said justices, and it shall be his duty to see that they are

safely and properly kept and preserved; and upon his removal