FREDERICK COUNTY. 2573

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.

1896, ch. 4, sec. 289. 1918 Code, sec. 487.

487. There shall be the following number of justices of the peace and
constables in Frederick County, to wit: For election district number one,
four justices of the peace, one of whom shall reside at the Point of Rocks,
and three constables; for election district number two, three justices of
the peace and five constables; for election district number three, three
justices of the peace and three constables; for election district number
four, three justices of the peace and three constables; for election district
number five, four justices of the peace and three constables; for election
district number six, three justices of the peace and three constables; for
election district number seven, four justices of the peace and three con-
stables ; for election district number eight, four justices of the peace and
three constables; for election district number nine, four justices of the
peace and three constables; for election district number ten, three justices
of the peace and three constables; for election district number eleven,
four justices of the peace and three constables; for election district num-
ber twelve, four justices of the peace, and four constables; for election
district number thirteen, two justices of the peace and two constables; for
election district number fourteen, two justices of the peace and two con-
stables; for election district number fifteen, three justices of the peace
and two constables; for election district number sixteen, two justices of
the peace and two constables; for election district number seventeen, three
justices of the peace, one of whom shall reside at Johnsville, and two
constables; for election district number eighteen, two justices of the peace
and two constables; for election district number nineteen, two justices of
the peace and two constables; for election district number twenty, two
justices of the peace and two constables; for election district number
twenty-one, two justices of the peace and two constables.

1929, ch. 428.

488. Whenever any civil action of debt, distraint, replevin, attach-
ment or any other civil action whatsoever within the jurisdiction of a
Justice of the Peace, is instituted or begun, by any plaintiff or plaintiffs
residing within or without Frederick County, either individually or as a
partnership or corporation, before a Justice of the Peace in any of the
election districts in Frederick County including the Justices of the Peace
in Frederick City, against any defendant or defendants in Frederick
County, said plaintiff or plaintiffs, shall at the time of the bringing of
his, her, their or its suits, pay to the said Justice of the Peace, in advance,
all the costs covering institution of suit, service of process including all
Sheriff's or Constable's fees, and all other costs which may be involved
aa far as can be determined by the Justice of the Peace in carrying the
proceedings to a conclusion, whatever kind of civil proceedings they may
be, said costs so paid in advance to be apportioned and paid by the said
Justice to the Constable in or Shereiff of Frederick County as they or
either may be entitled and to said Justice himself, said costs or fees to