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diction; provided that before removal of a criminal case the justice of the
peace to whom a writ for the arrest of any person is returnable may take
recognizance, as now or hereafter authorized by law, for the appearance
of said person before the trial magistrate to whom said case is to be re-
moved ; and provided that any prosecution for the violation of an ordinance
of an incorporated city or town shall be originally instituted only before a
trial magistrate or other justice of the peace regularly exercising his func-
tions within the limits of such municipality, and in the event there is no
Justice of the Peace located in the corporate limits of such town, prosecu-
tion may be originally instituted before the nearest available Justice of
the Peace.

1939, ch. 720, sec. 94.

96. (Costs.) All justices of the peace shall charge the fees and costs
authorized by law to be imposed in civil and criminal cases, but all such
fees and costs, and all fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed and collected
by trial magistrates, shall be paid to the County Commissioners of their
respective counties, except fines, penalties, forfeitures and costs for viola-
tions of the Motor Vehicle Laws, which shall be promptly remitted to the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, as now provided by law. All such fines,
forfeitures, and penalties and costs so remitted to the County Commis-
sioners shall be retained and used for county purposes, unless a different
disposition is expressly directed by statute; provided, however, that in
Frederick and Anne Arundel Counties, the County Commissioners shall
within a reasonable time, pay to the several incorporated municipalities
of said counties 50%. of all fines, penalties and forfeitures received by
them arising from the violation of the ordinances of any of the said incor-
porated municipalities, and provided further that in Washington, Prince
George's, St. Mary's, Montgomery, Allegany, Calvert and Carroll Counties
the County Commissioners shall, within a reasonable time, pay to the sev-
eral incorporated municipalities of said counties all fines, penalties and
forfeitures received by them arising from the violation of the ordinances
of any of the said incorporated municipalities; it being the intention that,
although the fines, penalties and forfeitures received by the County Com-
missioners are to be remitted to the municipalities in the proportions
named, the costs or fees imposed and collected by said trial magistrates
and remitted to the County Commissioners, are to be retained by said
County Commissioners.

1939, ch. 720, sec. 95.

97. (Salary Plan.) As full compensation for their services in civil
and criminal cases the said trial magistrates and other justices of the
peace shall be paid salaries by the County Commissioners of the respective
counties as hereinafter specified in Section 100.

1939, ch. 720, sec. 96.

98. (Constables.) The County Commissioners of each County may
appoint one constable for each of the election districts of the County and
such number of constables at large as hereinafter specified, to be desig-
nated and to serve as constables for the trial magistrates; and salaries shall
be paid by the County Commissioners to said constables at large, in lieu
of all costs and fees chargeable by or for them in civil and criminal cases;