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and the disbursements of the same, and he shall, at the first meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners after each term of the Circuit Court
for said county, make a full and detailed report, and exhibit to the said
board his receipt and disbursements, together with his vouchers therefor;
and on failure so to do for sixty days after the adjournment of said court,
he shall be subjected to the penalties prescribed in Section 165.*

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 89. 1868, ch. 95. 1870, ch. 319. 1876, ch. 145.

168. There shall be the following number of justices of the peace and
constables for Calvert- County, to wit: Eor election district number one,
five justices of the peace and two constables; for election district number
two, four justices of the peace and three constables; and for election dis-
trict number three, four justices of the peace and three constables.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec, 90. 1870, ch. 434.

169. The justices of the peace in and for Calvert, Dorchester, Kent,
Caroline, Carroll, Queen Anne's, Anna Arundel, Prince George's, Har-
ford, Charles and Worcester Counties, shall have jurisdiction over and
may take cognizance of all actions of assault and battery in which the
damages claimed do not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars; and also
criminal jurisdiction in all cases of assault and battery committed in said
counties, unless it shall appeal to the said justices of the peace, upon the
hearing of the case, that the said assault and battery was committed with
intent to kill.

P. L. L. 1888, Art. 5, sec. 91. 1870, ch. 434.

170. In all such cases before the justices of the peace in aud for the
counties above named, either party shall be allowed an appeal to the
circuit court for the county in which the offense was committed, where
they shall be tried de novo, and all such appeals shall be taken in such
manner as is now provided for by law in other cases, of appeals from judg-
ments of justices of the peace.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 92. 1874, ch. 311.

171. The several justices of the peace for the said counties are author-
ized and required to pay to the County Commissioners of said counties,
every three months, all the money or moneys they may have in hand at
such times, arising from fines or penalties imposed under the two preced-
ing sections.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec, 93. 1884, ch. 510.

172. The several justices of the peace of Calvert, Allegany, Mont-
gomery, Prince George's, Harford, Wicomico, Anne Arundel, Caroline,

*Sec. 5, ch. 333, 1900, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.