ART. 4.] JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES. 481

rants, subpoenas and commitments, which may be issued by any
justice of the peace selected to sit at the station houses in the
city of Baltimore as hereinbefore provided.

1876, ch. 28.

624. Whenever any justice of the peace appointed under the
provisions of this sub-title of this article other than one of the
justices selected as aforesaid to sit at a station house as aforesaid,
shall issue a State writ for the arrest of any person, or shall issue
any writ or summons against any person or corporation to recover
any fine, penalty, or forfeiture, under any law of this State, or
under any ordinance of the mayor and city council of Baltimore,
such writ or summons shall be made returnable before one of
the justices of the peace selected by the governor to sit at a
station house in the city of Baltimore, and shall not be made
returnable before the justice of the peace issuing the same, unless
he be one of the justices of the peace selected to sit at a station
house as aforesaid.

Ibid.

625. Whenever any person shall be arrested upon any crimi-
nal charge, or for the violation of any law of this State, or of
any ordinance of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, it
shall be the duty of the police officer or constable making such
arrest, or in whose custody the said person so arrested may be,
to take the person so arrested before the justice of the peace
sitting at a station house who may have issued the writ or war-
rant for such arrest, or before whom such writ or warrant of
arrest is made returnable; but if such arrest is made without writ
or warrant, or if such writ or warrant is made returnable before
another justice than a justice of the peace sitting at a station
house, it shall be the duty of the said police officer or constable
to take the person so arrested to the nearest station house; and
the justice of the peace sitting at said station house shall take
jurisdiction in said case.

Ibid.

626. Every justice of the peace appointed under the pro-
visions of this sub-title of this article, shall file with the clerk of
the court of common pleas, on the first day of April, July, Octo-
ber and January, in each and every year, an account, verified by
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