WASHINGTON COUNTY. 4861

for the use of the County Commissioners of Washington county and of the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown and of any person, persons, corpora-
tion or corporations entitled under any default of said condition.

1902, ch. 137, sec. 265C.

543. The justices of the peace appointed for the districts constituting
Hagerstown and vicinity shall each attend at his office in Hagerstown
every day (Sunday excepted) at least from the hour of 9 o'clock A. M.
until the hour of 12 o'clock, noon, and from the hour of 2 o'clock P. M.
until the hour of 4 o'clock P. M. And when notified by the State's Attor-
ney of Washington county or any officer of the peace of said county, or by
any police officer of Hagerstown, of any criminal matter requiring prompt
attention, the said justices of the peace shall attend at their respective
offices at such other hours on every day or at night (Sunday and legal hol-
idays included) as the public interest may require; and neither of said
justices of the peace shall absent himself from Hagerstown without hav-
ing first arranged with the other of said justices that he will be in attend-
ance at his office as required by law during such absence; nor shall either
of said justices be absent from Hagerstown for more than three days con-
secutively at any time without the written authority of the State's Attor-
ney of Washington county and of the Mayor of Hagerstown.

1902, ch. 137, sec. 265D.

544. The justices of the peace in and for districts 3, 17, 21, 22, 24
and 25 shall have criminal jurisdiction of offenses committed in any of
the districts of said county, cognizable by justice of the peace under the
law, where complaint is made before him, but no warrant of arrest shall
be issued by said justices of the peace except upon the oath or affirmation
of the person making complaint that an offense has been committed, and
upon being satisfied, upon examination of such person making complaint
under oath, of the probable truth of such charge.

1902, ch. 137, sec. 265F.

545. The justice of the peace in and for districts 3, 17, 21, 22, 24
and 25 shall at the first regular meeting of the County Commissioners held
in each month make a report in writing, verified under oath made before
the clerk of said commissioners, of all criminal cases heard or tried before
them during the preceding month, which report shall state in each case
the name of the defendant, the offense charged, the name of the person
upon whose complaint the warrant was issued, the number of witnesses
summoned, the name of the officer serving the warrant and summons, the
judgment rendered, the amount of the fine or penalty imposed, the amount
of costs taxed, and the amount of the fine, penalty and costs collected by
them; and all such fines, penalties and costs, including constables' fees,
which the said justices are hereby required to collect, shall at the time of
their making said reports be paid to the order of said County Commis-
sioners.