JUSTICES OF THE PEACE 2229

An. Code, 1924, sec. 20. 1912, sec. 18. 1904, sec. 16. 1888, sec. 15. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.

1864, ch. 179, 1870, ch. 39.

22. Whenever a justice of the peace shall vacate his office by resigna-
tion, removal from office, or the expiration of his official term, he shall
deliver his docket, together with all the notes, bonds, accounts and papers
in his possession appertaining to judgments or whereupon suits have been
entered, to the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which such jus-
tice resides, or to the clerk of the Baltimore City court, in case such jus-
tice resides within the city of Baltimore, within thirty days after such
resignation, removal from office, or expiration of official term; and any
justice of the peace who shall fail to deliver his docket, as aforesaid (in
case the said docket shall not have been unavoidably lost or destroyed),
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall
be subject to a fine of two hundred dollars or to six months' imprison-
ment in the jail of the county or city, at the discretion of the court.

This section referred to by way of example in Slymer v. State, 62 Md. 243.

See note to sec. 19.

See art. 17, sec. 52.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 21. 1912, sec. 19. 1904, sec. 17. 1888, sec. 16. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.

1864, ch. 179. 1870, ch. 39.

23. If a justice of the peace dies, the delivery provided for in the pre-
ceding section shall be made by his administrator or other person in whose
hands the said docket, notes, bonds, accounts and papers may be within
thirty days after receiving the same; and such administrator or other per-
son shall be subject to the same penalty for neglect or failure to make such
delivery which is appointed in the preceding section.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 22. 1912, sec. 20. 1904, sec. 18. 1888, sec. 17. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.

24. The clerks to whom such dockets and papers are delivered shall
keep the same as other records and shall deliver transcripts from the
dockets or papers so returned to any person applying for the same.

See art. 17, sec. 52.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 23. 1912, sec. 21. 1904, sec. 19. 1888, sec. 18. 1809, ch. 76, sec. 4.

1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.

25. Any justice of the peace of the same county may issue process of
any sort on a copy of another justice's docket made by the clerk, if the
docket has been delivered to him, that he might issue if the docket had
been kept by himself.

Process and Practice.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 24. 1912, sec. 22. 1904, sec. 20. 1888, sec. 19. 1818, ch. 106, sec. 2.

26. No justice of the peace shall grant any blank summons or execu-
tion to any constable or party; and any justice so granting a blank summons
or execution shall, on conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dol-
lars and not exceeding four hundred dollars.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 25. 1912, sec. 23. 1904, sec 21. 1888, sec. 20. 1791, ch. 68, sec. 6.
1841, ch. 139. 1852, ch. 76, sec. 3.

27. The process to be issued by justices of the peace in civil cases shall
be a summons, wherein shall be stated briefly the purpose for which the
party is summoned, and shall be made returnable before the justice issuing