ART. 68.] JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.

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shall be paid by the constable to the county commissioners of the
county, or the mayor and city council of Baltimore, as the case
may bc.

CONSTABLES.

rug before
justice, how
collected, etc.

67. Every constable appointed shall, within thirty days after his
commission has. been received by the clerk of the Circuit Court of
his county, or the Superior Court of Baltimore City, if in the city
of Baltimore, make the declaration of belief in the existence of God,
and take and subscribe the oaths prescribed by the Constitution
before said clerk

Const art 4,
s 42
Decl Rights
Art 37
Art 24, s 1.
1852 c 172, s. S,
1854, c. 18, s 9.
Oath of other

68. Every constable shall also, before he acts as such, give bond
to the State of Maryland, with good and sufficient security, to be
approved by the county commissioners of the county, or the judge
of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, in the penalty of two
thousand dollars, conditioned " that the said constable shall well
and faithfully execute the same office in all things appertaining
thereto, and shall also well and truly account for all moneys placed
in his hands for collection, or received by him on judgment, and
shall well and truly pay over the same ," and the said bond shall
be recorded in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for the
county, or of the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
and a copy thereof, under the seal of the said court, shall be good
evidence to prove the execution of such bond in any court of this
State.

Id s 2.
1808, c 117, as
2, 8 , 1815, c 201,
s 16 , 1835, c.
342 , 1854, c 148
Bond

69. For each new election district that may be formed and es-
tablished in the several counties, and for each additional ward that
may be created in the city of Baltimore, there shall be appointed,
as prescribed by the Constitution, two justices of the peace and two
constables, unless a different number be specially provided by law.

EXECUTION OF PEOCESS AND COLLECTION OF DEBTS.

Const art. 4,
s 42.
14 s 3
1832, c 274, B 3
Number in new
election dis-
tricts or wards

70. Every constable shall obey and execute all process directed
to him from an3' justice of the peace concerning any matter, debt,
or demand between party and party, and all criminal process di-
rected to him from any justice of the peace, and shall return such
civil or criminal process according to the command therein con-
tained

Art 23, s 4
1715, c 15,8 6
To st rve process
from justices.
11 Md 482 , 12
Mil 59, 197 , 16
Md 520 . 18 Md
391,518, 28 Md.
388 , 37 Md 81.

71, If a constable, to whom any summons is delivered, shall not
make return thereof according to the command of the same, it shall
be lawful for the justice who issued the said summons, upon appli-
cation of the plaintiff, or his agent or attorney, and proof made of
the delivery of the said summons by the confession of the constable,
or by the oath of the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, or any other
credible witness, to call such constable before him, and, unless a
good excuse is offered, fine him for said neglect any sum not exceed-
ing one dollar.

Id s 5
1791. c 68, s 11.
Fine for tailing
to return
summons