476 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

1868, ch. 375.

611. Every summons issued by said justices shall be made
returnable before the same, or any justice of the peace of the
ward in which the debtor may reside; and the defendant shall
have his election to have his cause tried before the justice who
issued the summons, or before the justice of the ward in which
he resides.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 624.

612. The justices of said city when called out of their offices
on business not judicial, may receive such compensation for their
services, in addition to their fees of office, as the party requiring
their services may allow them.

1876, ch. 28.

613. Each of the justices of the peace appointed for any
legislative district shall keep his office within the limits of the
legislative district for which he may have been appointed,
except as provided in the succeeding section.

1882, ch. 210.

614. It shall be the duty of the governor, after the appoint-
ment of the justices of the peace provided for by section 607, to
select from the justices of the peace so appointed, a justice of the
peace to sit at each station-house in the city of Baltimore; each
justice so selected shall keep his office at the station-house for
which he was appointed, and shall attend at such station-house
from six o'clock A. M. to eight o'clock A. M. on every day in the
week except Sunday; and from ten o'clock A. M. until twelve
o'clock M., on every day in the week except Sunday; and from
two o'clock P. M. until six o'clock p. M., on every day in the week
except Sunday; and on every Sunday in each year shall attend
at the station-house for which he was appointed from six o'clock
A. M. to seven o'clock A. M.; and from five o'clock p. M. to six
o'clock P. M.; and at each of said respective sittings, hereinbefore
provided for, shall perform all the duties which he is required by
law to perform. Each of said justices of the peace so selected as
aforesaid to sit at a station-house in the city of Baltimore, shall
also attend at his said station-house at such other hours and times
as he may be required so to do by the board of police commis-