242 CONSTABLES. [ART. 20,

ARTICLE XX.

CONSTABLES.

Qualification, 1. Declaration of belief and oath. 2. Official bond 3. Additional, when to be appointed. Execution of Process and Coi- tion of Debts. 4. To execute civil and criminal pro- cess from justices' of the peace. 5. Penalty for neglect so to do. 6 To levy executions 7. Authority within district, liability of bond. 8 Penalty for neglect to return exe- cution 9 Remedy over by constable. 10. To serve distress. 11. Receipt for claims for collection. 12. May sell property under execution. 13 Deed to purchaser 14 Death of constable before making levy. 15. Death before making sale 16 Poundage fees in this case 17 Death or removal before executing deed to purchaser.

Suits on Bond and Remedies Against. 18. Bond of defaulting constable may be sued. 19. Certificate of clerk as to securities. 20. Constable's receipt of claim prima fade evidence against him. 21. Defences of constable. 22. Suit on other bonds of constable 23. Suit against constable for money collected. 24. Execution without supersedeas on judgments against. Police Duties of Constables.' 25. They shall be sworn to grand jury. 26. Shall visit suspected gambling places 27. They shall arrest parties vending goods from place to place with- out license. 23. Shall inform against non-residents retailing spirituous liquors. 29. May, upon complaint, inspect re- tailers' measures. 30. Shall deliver to sheriff persons committed to their custody.

Qualification.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 23, sec. 1. 1852, ch. 172, sec. 6. 1854, ch. 18, sec. 9.

1. Every constable appointed shall, within thirty days after
his appointment, make the declaration of religious belief and
take and subscribe the oaths prescribed by the constitution.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1809, ch. 117, secs. 2-3. 1835, ch. 201. sec. 16. 1885. ch 342.

1854, ch. 148.

2. Every constable shall also, before he acts as such, give bond
to the State of Maryland, with good and sufficient security, to be