4862 ARTICLE 22.

1902, ch. 137, sec. 265G. 1908, ch. 2 (p. 1041).

546. The justices of the peace of districts three, seventeen, twenty-one,
twenty-two, twenty-four and twenty-five of said county shall each receive
for their services in criminal cases from the County Commissioners the
sum of ninety-three dollars and seventy cents per month, payable in cash
or county order equivalent to cash, on the day of his making his report
as hereinbefore provided, and shall not directly or indirectly charge or
receive any other fees or compensation for the hearing of criminal cases,
except that he shall be allowed the sum of thirty-one dollars and twenty-
five cents per month by the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown for services
rendered in cases for violation of the ordinances of said town.

1902, ch. 137, sec. 265H.

547. The constables of Washington county, except in the third, seven-
teenth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth dis-
tricts, shall be entitled to the fees prescribed by Article 36, Section 15,
of the Code of Public General Laws, for the particular services rendered,
except the fee allowed for serving summons for witnesses and return, and
for such services they shall be allowed the sum of twenty cents for each
of the first five witnesses summoned and returned, and for each additional
witness the sum of five cents; the fees of the constables in and for the
third, seventeenth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-fourth and twenty-
fifth districts shall be the same as are herein allowed constables in the
other districts, but shall be collected, paid to and accounted for by justices
of the peace as prescribed in the preceding sections; and no warrant shall
be issued by the justices of the peace to either constable of the districts
3, 17, 21, 22, 24 and 25, or to the sheriff of said county, on the oath or
affirmation of another constable or other officer, and no warrant shall be
issued by said justice to a constable or sheriff on the oath or affirmation
of any police officer of the town of Hagerstown; and when any warrant
is issued by a justice of the peace on the complaint, oath or affirmation of
any constable, sheriff, deputy sheriff or other officer, and such charge shall
be dismissed, or the defendant acquitted, no fees in such cases shall be
allowed by the County Commissioners to any officer serving such warrant
or other process.

1902, ch. 137, sec. 265-I.

548. The constables of the third, seventeenth, twenty-first, twenty-
second, twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth districts of said county, for the
service of all process and summonses for witnesses made by them in crim-
inal cases, shall receive from the County Commissioners the sum of thirty-
five dollars per month, payable in cash, or county order equivalent to cash,
on the day of his making report, which he is required to submit in writing
to the County Commissioners at their first regular meeting in each month,
under oath taken before the clerk of said commissioners. Said report
shall contain in detail each and every charge he may have against the
county; provided, that if the amount of the constables' fees for service of