FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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AND WHEREAS the cost of said code is beyond the means

of most justices of the peace; therefore in order to place:

Preamble.

within the reach of said justices a cheap and handy volume

containing in succinct form a codification of the laws defin-

ing the duties and powers of said justices.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That Edward C. Gantt, Esquire, a member of

Codifica-

the bar of the Court of Appeals be and he is hereby directed

tion of
laws appli-

to codify all sections of the Code of Public General Laws

cable to
magis-

applicable to the jurisdiction of justices of the peace and

trates.

all common law enactments now applicable to the jurisdic-

tion of said justice showing fully the duties and the limits

of the powers of said justices and plainly and fully the

penalties attached to the respective offences cognizable (by

statute and common law) by such justices of the peace.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That upon such certification

that Edward C. Gantt as aforesaid shall present the com-

Approval

pilation if practicable (before their adjournment) to the

of compila-
tion

law committees of the two houses of the General Assembly

for approval but if it be not practicable to so present such

compilation before said adjournment then that he shall

present the same to at least three judges of the Court of

Appeals, aud if the same shall be approved by either the

law committees of the General Assembly, or the said

judges, that then the comptroller be aud he is hereby

directed to issue his warrant on the treasurer for the sum of

three hundred dollars payable to the order of Edward E.

Appro-

Gantt for said compilation, and the treasurer is hereby

priation.

directed to pay the same out of any moneys in the treasury

not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That after such approval, the.

said Edward C. Gantt shall deliver such compilation to

1,000 copies
to be

the public printer who is hereby authorized to print and

printed

bind in cloth one thousand copies of said volume provided

the same shall not cost a sum (for so printing and binding)

of five hundred dollars, and when they have been so printed

To be sold
at one

and bound the said public printer is hereby directed to

dollar per

deliver the same to the State Librarian who shall and is

copy.

hereby authorized to sell them at the sum of one dollar each.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.