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of any sentence for such time as he may see fit or may indefinitely post-
pone said sentence.

1929, ch. 69, sec 5.

271. The several Justices of the Peace of Queen Anne's County other
than the said Police Justice shall have all that civil jurisdiction now con-
ferred upon them by law or. that may hereafter be conferred upon them
by law. That the said Justice of the Peace of the said Queen Anne's County
other than the said Police Justice shall on and after the second day of
May, 1929, have no criminal jurisdiction to try, hear or determine any
criminal case whatsoever, but said Justices of the Peace other than the
Police Justice shall have the power and authority to issue warrants, sum-
monses for witnesses and take cognizance of the alleged offender and
State's witnesses in any and all criminal cases, but the same shall all be
made returnable before the Police Justice for Queen Anne's County, and
that in all cases where any official acts are performed the said Justice of
the Peace shall be allowed the sum of one dollar to cover all charges, ex-
penses and fees in any case that any of said justices may issue any war-
rant, summons or recognizance or for any other service or services con-
nected therewith and to this extent and to this extent alone is the juris-
diction of all other Justices of the Peace in criminal cases strictly con-
fined.

1929, ch. 69, sec. 6.

272. Whenever any warrant is sworn out before any of the said Jus-
tices of the Peace for any offense committed in said county, which offense
the said Justice of the Peace has no power to hear and try, then it shall
be the duty of the said Justice of the Peace before whom such a warrant
is sworn out to make the same returnable before the said Police Justice for
commitment hearing and trial.

1929, ch. 69, sec- 7.

273. Whenever any person shall be arrested in said Queen Anne's
County, upon any criminal charge or for the violation of any law of this
State whether such arrest is made without writ or is made under a war-
rant issued by any Justice of the Peace, of the said Queen Anne's County,
it shall be the duty of such officer making such arrest or in whose custody
the person so arrested may be, to take the person so arrested before the
said Police Justice for commitment (if not otherwise committed by any
Justice of the Peace), hearing or trial.

1929, ch. 69, sec. 8.

274. Said Police Justice shall be paid a salary of fifteen hundred dol-
lars a year, or the proportionate part thereof, so long as he shall continue
to act as such police justice, said salary to be paid by the County Com-
missioners of Queen Anne's County, in equal monthly instalments, and
shall be paid as full compensation for services rendered under this Act;
and no police justice shall charge any fee other than provided by law or