1596 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 823]

(c) Five of said constables receiving the annual salary of
twelve hundred dollars ($1200) each, shall also act as clerks
to the respective five justices of the peace of the People's
Court, shall keep the dockets of said justices, and, subject to
the supervision and direction of the respective justices, shall
prepare all writs and other papers pertaining to the cases insti-
tuted before, or to be tried before said justices. In the event
of the absence of any of said constables from attendance upon
the said justices of the peace, the chief constable shall designate
one of the said two assistant constables to perform the duties
of said constables so absent.

(d) Five of the remaining sixteen of said constables shall be
designated by the chief constable as bailiff to the said justices of
the peace of the People's Court, and one of them shall be in
constant attendance during the sittings of each of said justices
of the peace, and shall also perform the duties of a bailiff. In
the event of the absence of any of said constables designated
to act as bailiffs aforesaid, the chief constable shall designate
one of the remaining constables to act for the one so absent.

(e) The remaining eleven of said constables shall, under the
instructions, and subject to the supervision of said chief con-
stable, serve the process of the said justices of the peace of
the People's Court.

623. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, shall appoint twelve justices of the peace for each
of the legislative districts of Baltimore City, to be selected as
follows: One from each of the wards comprising each of said
districts, and six justices of the peace at large from each of said
districts, and shall further appoint fifty-three justices of the
peace, and no more, from Baltimore City at large, who shall
be appointed from such ward or wards as the Governor may
elect or determine.

624. Each of said justices of the peace, before entering
upon the duties of his office, shall give to the State of Maryland
a good and sufficient bond, with a surety or sureties to be
approved by the judge of the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
in the penalty of five thousand dollars ($5.000), with condi-
tions that he will truly and faithfully discharge, execute and
perform all and singular the duties and obligations of the office
of justice of the peace, and that he will account for and pay
over to the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and to the
Register of the City of Baltimore, respectively, all fines, pen-
alties and forfeitures and all fees or the portion thereof, which
he is bound to account for and pay over to said respective
officers; and that he will faithfully and truly account for and