122 ARTICLE 1.

1927, ch. 297, sec. 179Q.

341. Said Justices shall have the right to establish rules for the con-

duct of their proceedings, and they are hereby authorized and empowered
to punish by a fine not exceeding Ten Dollars any person guilty of dis-
orderly conduct in their presence when a cause is being heard; they shall
tave a right to punish any person summoned as a witness who shall refuse
or fail to appear by a fine not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars; and they
may issue an attachment for any person summoned as a witness who fails
to appear; the right of appeal to the Circuit Court shall exist in all such

cases.

Rule to Show Causes, Etc.

1927, ch. 297, sec. 179R.

342. Whenever an application is made to said Justices for a warrant
ior the arrest of any person charged with a breach of the peace, or with
disorderly conduct, or for a surety to keep the peace, or with a violation

of the Motor Vehicle Laws, said Justices may in their discretion, before
issuing said warrant, issue a summons to the person complained against
to show cause why a warrant should not be issued; and upon the appear-
ance of the party complained against the cause may be tried as fully and

effectually as if said warrant had been issued, provided the party com-
plaining shall state the complaint under oath.

Disqualification.

1927, ch. 297, sec. 179S.

343. Said Justices during their term of office shall hold no other office
of profit created by the Laws of the United States or the State of Mary-
land; they shall not sit in any cause or render judgment in any cause
where the plaintiff or defendant is a corporation in which they are inter-
ested; nor shall they sit or render judgment in any cause where they are
interested parties or where any of the parties to the cause may be con-
nected by affinity or consanguinity within such prohibited degrees as are
now or may hereafter be prescribed by law, or where they have given
advice to any parties to the cause, or have been counsel in the case; they
shall not be put to trial or held liable criminally or civilly for error of
judgment or honest mistake in the performance of their duties; but they
may be removed from office in the manner prescribed by the Constitution
or Laws of this State.

Fines in Police Court.

1927, ch. 297, sec. 179T.

344. All fines imposed by said Justices while sitting as City Police
Magistrates shall be remitted to the Mayor and City Council of Cumber-
land, Maryland, in the same manner as fines are now remitted in Police