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sitting as the Magistrate for Juvenile Cases, shall be had
without regard to technicalities of procedure or rules of
evidence.

(6) The Justice herein provided for, before qualifying as
such, shall give bond to the State of Maryland in a penalty
of one thousand dollars, with a surety or sureties to be
approved by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington
County, conditioned that he will well and faithfully perform
and execute the duties and obligations of the office of Justice
of the Peace and that he will account for and pay over to
the County Commissioners of Washington County all fines,
penalties, forfeitures and costs imposed by him, and which he
shall receive for or on account of criminal offenses tried
before him, under the provisions of the Code of Public General
Laws and Code of Public Local Laws, and that he will account
for and pay over to the Tax Collector of Hagerstown all fines,
penalties, forfeitures and costs imposed by him and which he
shall receive for or on account of offenses against the ordi-
nances of Hagerstown, and that he will well and truly account
for and pay over to the person, persons, corporations entitled
to the same, al] money coming into his hands for or on account
of any business pertaining to or connected with his office.
And the bond of the said Justice of the Peace shall be liable
at the suit of the State of Maryland for the use of the County
Commissioners of Washington County and of the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown, and of any person, persons, corpora-
tion or corporations entitled under any default of said con-
dition.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this
Act shall be construed to affect the compensation of the
present Magistrate for Juvenile cases during his present term
of office ending in May, 1937.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all
the members of the two Houses of the General Assembly the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 18, 1937.

CHAPTER 433.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
21A and 21D of Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Anne Arundel County,