606 FINES AND FOBFEITURES. [ART. 38

ARTICLE XXXVIII

FINES AND FORFEITURES.

1.

In default of the payment of the fine and costs imposed upon a pris-
oner, he should have been committed to jail until the fine and costs were
paid, and as the fine and costs exceeded $150 and did not exceed $500,
he should have remained in custody for ninety days as provided by section
3. Backus v. State, 118 Md. 538.

This and the following section referred to in upholding the act of 1910,
chapter 693, conferring jurisdiction upon justices of the peace over viola-
tions of regulations relative to moving picture machines, although no pro-
vision was made therein for a jury trial. State v. Loden, 117 Md. 385.

2.

To the note to this section on page 1010 of volume 1 of the Annotated
Code, add "Cf. State v. Green, 120 Md. 689."

See notes to article 15, section 1, of the Maryland Constitution.

3.

See notes to section 1.

4*

See notes to article 15, section 1, of the Md. Constitution.

*This section was repealed and re-enacted as to Anne Arundel County by
chapter 615 of the acts of 1912.