ART. 4.] JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES. 475

appointed from such ward or wards as the governor may elect
and determine.

1876, ch. 28.

608. Each of said justices of the peace before entering upon
the duties of his office shall give to the State of Maryland a
good and sufficient bond, with a surety or sureties to be approved
by the judge of the superior court of Baltimore city, in the
penalty of five thousand dollars, with conditions that he will
truly and faithfully discharge, execute and perform all and
singular the duties and obligations of the office of justice of the
peace, and that he will account for and pay over to the clerk of
the court of common pleas and to the register of the city of
Baltimore, respectively, all fines, penalties and forfeitures, or the
portion thereof which he is bound to account for and pay over to
said respective officers, and that he will faithfully and truly
account for and pay over to the person or corporation entitled to
receive the same, all money belonging to such person or corpora-
tion which may come into his hands as such justice of the peace.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 621.

609. The justices of the peace for said city shall keep their
places of official business open each and every day (Sunday ex-
cepted,) from the hour of eight o'clock in the forenoon until one
o'clock in the afternoon, and from three o'clock in the afternoon
until six o'clock in the afternoon.

Ibid. sec. 622.

610. No justice of the peace, in any case of debt or damages
whatever, shall issue a summons, except on application for the
same by the plaintiff or his attorney in person, or in writing
accompanied with the cause of action in said case; nor an execu-
tion, except upon the order, in person or in writing, of the plain-
tiff or his attorney; and if any justice of the peace for said city
shall issue a summons or execution contrary hereto, or if any
constable shall serve the same knowingly, such justice or con-
stable shall be liable to indictment in the criminal court of Balti-
more, and on conviction shall be disqualified from holding his
office.