666 ARTICLE 3.
1904, ch. 70. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 214. 1916, sec. 326. 1928, sec. 405.
405. Every justice of the peace appointed under this subdivision of
this article shall file with the County Commissioners of Baltimore County
on the first Wednesday of each and every month an account, verified by
his oath or affirmation, of all fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed by
him under the laws of the State and received during the preceding month;
which said account shall show the names of the respective defendants, the
Acts of Assembly, provisions of law, or charges under which said fines,
forfeitures and penalties were respectively imposed, and the amounts paid
in each case by the said respective defendants; and the said justices of
the peace, at the time of filing said account, the station house justice
selected to sit at the Canton station house excepted, shall pay over to the
County Commissioners the amount of said fines, penalties and forfeitures .
so received for the use of the county; and the justice of the peace selected
to sit at the station house at Canton, in the Twelfth Electron District, as
aforesaid, in addition to filing a monthly account and report as above,
shall make a daily report of and pay over to the marshal of police all fines,
forfeitures and penalties collected as aforesaid during the preceding day,
and in addition thereto shall account for and pay over to said marshal of
police all fees taxed as costs and paid by the parties against whom judg-
ment was rendered, as provided for in Section 404; the said marshal of
police to make weekly returns of and to pay over all such fines, penalties,
forfeitures and fees collected by him, as aforesaid, to the County Com-
missioners on Tuesday of each and every week; and upon the failure of
said justice of the peace selected to sit at the station house at Canton, or
of said marshal of police, respectively, to account for and pay over all
fines, forfeitures, penalties and costs, as aforesaid, and at the times and
in the manner specified, he shall be liable to indictment by the grand jury
of Baltimore County, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than
twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall be disqualified
from holding his office.
Note: Canton is no longer in Baltimore County.
1904, ch. 70. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 215. 1916, sec. 327. 1928, sec. 406.
406. If any justice of the peace shall not have imposed or received
any such fines, forfeitures or penalties, as aforesaid, during the mouth pre-
ceding the date fixed for the making of said returns, he shall file au
affidavit or affirmation to that effect at the time prescribed for filing said
account.
1904, ch. 70. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 216. 1916, sec. 328. 1928, sec. 407.
407. The County Commissioners of Baltimore County are authorized
and empowered to require at any time any justice of the peace of said
county to produce before them his criminal docket for examination.
1904, ch. 70. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 217. 1916, sec. 329. 1928, sec. 408.
408. If any justice of the peace appointed as hereinbefore provided
shall fail or refuse to file his account or return as prescribed by Sections
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