1288 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. [ART. 52

1904, art. 52, sec. 15. 1888,. art. 52, sec, 14. 1860, art 51, sec. 8. 1845, ch. 222, sec. 2.

17. Each justice shall also keep a full alphabet or index to his
docket under a penalty of two dollars to be recovered on presentment
by the grand jury, one-half to the informer and the other half to the
use of the county.

Ibid. sec. 16. 1888. art. 52, sec. 15. 1860, art. 51, sec. 9 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.
1864, ch. 179. 1870, ch. 39.

18. Whenever a justice of the peace shall vacate his office by resig-
nation, removal from office, or the expiration of his official term, he
shall deliver his docket, together with all the notes, bonds, accounts and
papers in his possession appertaining to judgments or whereupon suits
have been entered, to the clerk of the circuit court for the county in
which such justice resides, or to the clerk of the Baltimore city court,
in case such justice resides within the city of Baltimore, within thirty
days after such resignation, removal from office, or expiration of official
term; and any justice of the peace who shall fail to deliver his docket,
as aforesaid (in case the said docket shall not have been unavoidably
lost or destroyed), shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on
conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of two hundred dollars or
to six months' imprisonment in the jail of the county or city, at the
discretion of the court.

This section referred to by way of example in Slymer v. State, 62 Md. 243.

See note to sec. 15.

See art. 17, sec. 41.

Ibid, sec. 17. 1888, art. 52. sec. 16. 1860. art. 51, sec. 10. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.
1864, ch. 179. 1870, ch. 39.

19. If a justice of the peace dies, the delivery provided for in the
preceding section shall be made by his administrator or other person
in whose hands the said docket, notes, bonds, accounts and papers may
be within thirty days after receiving the same; and such administrator
or other person shall be subject to the same penalty for neglect or fail-
ure to make such delivery which is appointed in the preceding section.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1888. art. 52, sec. 17. 1860. art 51, sec. 11. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.
20. The clerks to whom such dockets and papers are delivered shall
keep the same as other records and shall deliver transcripts from the
dockets or papers so returned to any person applying for the same.
See art. 17, sec. 41.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1888, art. 52, sec. 18. 1860, art. 51, sec. 12. 1809, ch. 76, sec. 4.

1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.

21. Any justice of the peace of the same county may issue process
of any sort on a copy of another justice's docket made by the clerk, if
the docket has been delivered to him, that he might issue if the docket
had been kept by himself.