732 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES. [ART. 68.

SUITS ON BONUS AND REMEDIES AGAINST CONSTABLES.

84 When and how bond of constable may bo sued before Justice 85 What evidence of execution of bond 86 What evidence will charge bond 87. To what bond liable

88 What bond creditor may sue 89 How and when may be sued before justice 90 Judgment against constable not to be su- perseded

POLICE DUTIES OF CONSTABLES

91 To be sworn to grand jury 92 To visit suspected places 93. To require peddlers to produce license

94 To require non-resident retailers of liquors to produce license 95 To inspect measures of retailers. 96 To deliver prisoners to sheriff.

	JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Decl Rights, art 37 Art 51, s 1. 1852, c 172; 1854,c 18 When and he- fore whom to qualify.	1. Every justice of the peace shall, within thirty days after his commission shall have been received in the clerk's office of the county or city, take and subscribe the oaths and make the declara- tion of the belief in the existence of God, prescribed by the Con- stitution; and upon his failure to do so, his office shall be deemed vacant.
Id s 2. 1814, c 82,s 3. Penalty for acting before qualification	2. No person commissioned as justice of the peace shall act as such before he has taken the oaths and made the declaration required by law; and every person violating this section shall, for each offence, forfeit and pay the sum of forty dollars.
Id s. 3 1814, c 82, s 4 Penalty for accepting office under the United States	3. If any justice of the peace, having qualified as such, shall ac- cept of any office under the government of the United States, and shall still act as justice of the peace, he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of forty dollars.
Const art 4, s 42 Id B 4 1852, c 274, s 3 Number in new election dis- tricts or wards.	4. For each new election district that ma,y be formed and estab- lished in the several counties, and for each additional ward that may be created in the city of Baltimore, there shall be appointed as pre- scribed by the Constitution, two justices of the peace, unless a dif- ferent number be specially provided by law CIVIL JURISDICTION.
Art 51,s 5. 1791, c 68, s 1. Justice of county where defendant re- sides may hear and determine matter in con- troversy 32 Md 56.	5. Any justice of the peace of the county where the defendant resides may, if the case be within bis jurisdiction, try, hear, and de- termine the matter in controversy between the plaintiff and de- fendant, upon full hearing of the allegations and evidence of both parties, and shall give judgment according to the laws of the land, and the equity and right of the matter.
Id s. 13 1852, c 239, s. 1. Civil jurisdic- tion 24 Md 556 , 26 Md 552 , 39 Md. 309, 41 Md 114, 200, 236, 239 , 43 Md 64 1 Gill 32.	6. The civil jurisdiction of justices of the peace extends to all cases for the enforcement of contracts, and to obtain redress for wrongs where the debt or damages claimed shall not exceed one hundred dollars; to all suits on bonds with penalty exceeding one hundred dollars, where the sum due and claimed does not exceed one hundred dollars; to actions of replevin, where the value of the