ART. 52.] DOCKETS. 877

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 51, sec. 7. 1809, ch. 76, sec. 5.

13. If any justice shall omit to keep a docket, so that by such,
neglect or omission the plaintiff (having obtained a judgment
before such justice) shall lose his debt, the justice shall satisfy to
the said plaintiff the debt, interest add costs so lost.

Ibid. sec. 8 1845, ch. 222, sec. 2.

14. Each justice shall also keep a full alphabet or index to his-
docket, under a penalty of two dollars, to be recovered on presenti-
ment by the grand jury, one-half to the informer and the other
half to the use of the county.

Ibid sec 9. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1. 1864, ch. 179. 1870, ch. 39.

15. Whenever a justice of the peace shall vacate his office by
resignation, removal from office, or the expiration of his official
term, he shall deliver his docket, together with all the notes,
bonds, accounts and papers in his possession appertaining to
judgments or whereupon suits have been entered, to the clerk of
the circuit court for the county in which such justice resides, or
to the clerk of the Baltimore city court, in case such justice resides
within the city of Baltimore, within thirty days after such resig-
nation, removal from office, or expiration of official term; and
any justice of the peace who shall fail to deliver his docket as
aforesaid, (in case the said docket shall not have been unavoidably
lost or destroyed,) shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of two hundred dollars,
or to six months' imprisonment in the jail of the county or city,
at the discretion of the court.

Ibid sec 10 1814, ch 82, sec. 1. 1864, ch. 179. 1870, ch. 39.

16. If a justice of the peace dies, the delivery provided for in
the preceding section shall be made by his administrator or other
person in whose hands the said docket, notes, bonds, accounts and
papers may be, within thirty days after receiving the same; and
such administrator or other person shall be subject to the same
penalty for neglect or failure to make such delivery which is ap-
pointed in the preceding section.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.

17. The clerks to whom such dockets and papers are delivered
shall keep the same as other records, and shall deliver transcripts