3448 ARTICLE 16.
stables, one of whom shall reside in Gaithersburg; for the tenth election
district, three justices of the peace and two constables; for the eleventh
election district, three justices of the peace, one of whom shall reside in
Barnesville, and two constables; for the twelfth election district, four jus-
tices of the peace and two constables, and for the thirteenth election dis-
trict, three justices of the peace, one of whom shall be appointed from
and reside in the town of Kensington or immediate/ vicinity, and two
constables.
P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 128. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 326.
489. Whenever a justice of the peace for said county shall issue a sum-
mons for a defendant residing in a different election district from the
said justice, he shall, upon the request of the defendant, transmit the
papers in the cause to some justice in the district where the defendant
resides, who shall try the same.
P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 129. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 327.
490. Constables of said county, who shall act as bailiffs to the Circuit
Court, shall be entitled to one dollar and fifty cents a day.
P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 131. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 328.
491. Constables in the said counties shall be entitled to the fees pre-
scribed by law for the particular services rendered by them under the
preceding section; and the said justices shall be entitled to charge for their
respective services in said criminal cases the following fees: For issuing
each State writ, twenty-five cents; for summoning all the witnesses on
both sides in any case, fifty cents; for each trial, one dollar; for every
commitment, twenty-five cents; for every release, twenty-five cents; for
taking recognizances in each case reported to the Circuit Court, twenty-
five cents each; for each attachment for contempt, twenty-five cents.
P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 132. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 329.
492. The aforesaid fees of said constables and justices for said coun-
ties shall be taxed against and paid by the party against whom jurgment
shall be rendered, unless he or she be discharged therefrom by due course
of law; if such party against whom judgment is rendered is unable to pay
the same such fees shall be paid by the county wherein said judgment was
rendered; and all fines and penalties received by any justice under the
provisions of Section 337* shall be accounted for and wholly paid without
abatement or deduction therefrom by such justice, to the county commis-
sioners of the county wherein they are collected, for the use of said county,
and no part of any fine or penalty enforced or collected under said section
shall be paid to any informer.
*Reference is to sec. 337, ch. 790, 1912. See secs. 493-506 of this Article, which
have superseded secs. 330-341 of ch. 790, 1912.
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