ST. MART'S COUNTY. 4319

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 19, sec. 55. 1S84, ch. 510. 1927, ch. 542.

89. Constables in said counties shall be entitled to the fees prescribed
ty law for the particular services rendered by them under the preceding
section; and the said justices shall be entitled to charge for their respec-
tive services in said criminal cases the fee of $2.50 for each such case
tried or otherwise disposed of, in lieu of all other fees in such case or
cases; and such fee shall be assessed as costs in the same manner as fees
have heretofore been assessed as costs.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 19, sec. 56. 1884, ch. 510.

90. The aforesaid fees of said constables and justices for said coun-
ties shall be taxed against and paid by the party against whom judgment
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 88, 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.

1902, ch. 568. 1904, ch. 461. 1906, ch. 86.

91. 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, filed in writing with
the said justice within three days after the said summons has been served,
transmit the papers in the case to some justice of the district where the
defendant resides, who shall proceed to try the case without further sum-
mons for the said defendant, except in cases where there are two or more
defendants, then and in this event the case shall be tried in the district
for which the justice who issued the summons was appointed and qualified.

LANDLORD AND TENANT.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 19, sec. 57. 1876, ch. 384. 1886, ch. 182.

92. In all cases of renting land in St. Mary's, Prince George's, Charles,
Calvert and Worcester counties, wherein a share of the growing crops shall
be reserved as rent, or wherein advances by the landlord shall be made
upon the faith of the crops to be grown, said rent reserved and such
advances made shall be a lien on such crops, which shall not be diverted
by any sale made thereof by the tenant or by any administrator of a
deceased tenant, or by the assignment of the tenant in insolvency, or by
the process of law issued against the tenant; provided, that at the time of
said renting, the contract under and by which said advances are to be
made, shall be reduced to writing, duly executed and attested by the said
landlord and tenant.