1376 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. [ART. 52

Dockets.

1888, art. 52, sec. 12. 1860, art. 51, sec. 6. 1809, ch. 76, sec. 4.

13. Each justice of the peace shall keep a docket and therein
record and make regular entries of his proceedings in all cases
in which he shall act in virtue of his office; and he shall fur-
nish the plaintiff and defendant, respectively, with a copy of
any judgment given by him whenever required.
State v. Chaney, 93 Md. 74.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1860, art. 51, sec. 7. 1809, ch. 76, sec. 5.

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

Ibid. sec. 14. 1860, art. 51, sec. 6. 1845, ch. 222, sec. 2.

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

Ibid. sec. 15. 1860, art. 51, sec. 9. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1. 1864, ch. 179.

1870, ch. 39.

16. 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 resignation, 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. 16. 1860, art. 51, sec. 10. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1. 1864, ch. 179

1870, ch. 39.

17. If a justice of the peace dies, the delivery provided for
in the preceding section shall be made by his administrator of
other person in whose hands the said docket, notes, bonds,
accounts and papers may be within thirty days after receiving