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ART. 10. ] DORCHESTER COUNTY.
shall perform all the duties of said office, and shall
receive such compensation as said board may deem
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just and proper, provided said salary shall not exceed
the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.
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Salary.
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Approved April 4, 1870.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.
1870, c. 253 adds the following to section 124 [Sup. 1861-7, p. 540. ]
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124. In addition to the two justices of the peace in
the first election district of Dorchester county, as now
provided for by law, there shall be an additional jus-
tice of the peace appointed for said district in Dorches-
ter county, and also an additional justice of the peace
in the fifth election district of said county, and the
governor is hereby authorized to appoint and commis-
sion two additional justices of the peace for said dis-
tricts.
Approved April 4, 1870.
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1870, c. 253
Additional jus-
tices.
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1870, c. 317 adds the following to come in after section 124:
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125. Every summons issued by any justice shall be
made returnable before the same, or any justice of the
peace of the district in which the defendant may reside,
and the defendant shall have his election to have his
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Summons, be-
fore whom re-
turnable.
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cause tried before the justice who issued the summons,
or before any justice of the district in which he, the
said defendant, may reside.
Approved April 4, 1870.
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Trial.
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See public local laws, Article II, Anne Arundel county, sub-title justices of the
peace, for the act of 1870, c, 434 to extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace to
case of assault and battery.
FENCES.
1870, c. 64 adds the following:
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233. All fields and other grounds kept for enclosure
in Lake's, Straights and Drawbridge districts of Dor-
chester county, shall be fenced with posts and rails, or
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1870, c 64, s 1.
How fences to
be built.
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