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406 LICENSES. [ART. LVI
Article 52 of the Code, all such warrants and dockets at all times to be
subject to inspection upon demand by any person named therein and
by all State officials or their duly authorized representatives.
All Justices of the Peace shall deliver upon request without charge
to the accused a receipt showing in detail the amount of fine and costs
imposed upon and paid by such accused.
No Justice of the Peace shall divide the fees of his office with any
constable, sheriff or other State officer, or with any individual not a
constable or officer, who may assist in making an arrest or furnishing
evidence in a case arising under the Motor Vehicle Laws.
No Justice of the Peace shall receive evidence of an alleged violation
of the Motor Vehicle speed laws over a measured course unless such
evidence is obtained and offered by representatives of the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles acting under his direction.
Any Justice of the Peace violating any provision of this section, or
failing or refusing to make the returns of convictions to the Motor,
Vehicle Commissioner elsewhere provided for in this sub-title, shall be
subject to removal as provided in Section 42 of Article IV of the Con-
stitution.
The fees of constables in cases involving violations of the Motor
Vehicle Laws of this State shall be as follows:
For serving each State warrant and making his return thereon, sev-
enty-five cents, but such fee shall not be charged in any case in which
such arrest has been made directly by such constable without warrant,
in which event the constable making such arrest shall receive a fee of
twenty-five cents, which fee in either event shall cover any other official
service he may render in connection with the trial of the accused.
No constable shall under any circumstances receive or attempt to col-
lect any fine, charge or deposit of collateral for appearance in any case
involving a violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws of this State, and any
constable violating this provision or collecting or attempting to collect
any charge or fee in excess of these above enumerated, or accepting any
sum of money from a person arrested by him in consideration of im-
munity from prosecution shall be subject to removal as provided by the
Constitution.
No sheriff in this State shall be entitled to any fee for his services
in connection with any prosecution under the Motor Vehicle Law of
this State in excess of the fees prescribed for Sheriffs by Article 36 of
the Public General Laws, all or any local laws to the contrary notwith-
standing.
No motorcycle deputy appointed or employed by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles shall directly or indirectly be entitled to or receive
any fee or charge of any kind for services rendered by him in connec-
tion with any prosecution for a violation of any of the provisions of this
sub-title.
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