214 BALTIMORE COUNTY. [ART. 3.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 3, sec. 138.

138. At least two of the justices and two of the constables in
the first, third, ninth and twelfth election districts, shall reside or
keep their offices within half a mile of the boundary line of the
city of Baltimore.

Ibid. sec. 127.

139. No justice of the peace in said county shall, in any case
of debt or damages, issue a summons for the defendant, except on
application for the same by the plaintiff, or his attorney, in person
or in writing, accompanied with the cause or causes of action in
said case, nor an execution except upon the order of the plaintiff
or his attorney, in person or in writing.

Ibid, sec 128.

140. If any justice of the peace shall issue a summons or exe-
cution contrary to the provisions of the preceding section, or if
any constable shall knowingly serve the same, such justice or con-
stable shall be liable to indictment in the circuit court for said
county, and, on conviction, shall be disqualified from holding his
office.

Ibid. sec. 129.

141. No justice of the peace for said county shall engage in
the discharge of his duties as justice, in civil matters, in a bar-room
of a tavern or public house of that character; and any justice so
offending shall be liable to indictment by the grand jury of said
county, and on conviction, shall be fined twenty dollars, one-half
to the informer and the other half to the treasurer of said county,
for the use of the county.

1882, ch. 188.

142. The constables of said county shall have from the first to
the third day of the several terms of the circuit court for said
county to appear before the grand jury, and they shall each be
entitled to a per diem of two dollars and fifty cents for their atten-
dance. It shall be the dnty of the county commissioners, on the
last Tuesday in April in each year, to appoint one of the consta-
bles in each district of the county to inspect licences in the dis-
trict ; and the constables so appointed shall visit every place of