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year, as long as he shall continue to be such Police
Justice in said district, which salary shall be paid to him
by the County Commissioners of Talbot County on the first
Mondays in July, October, January and April of each year
as full compensation for the services required of him under
this Act. And said Police Justice shall not be permitted
to charge any fee or receive any gratuity for the perform-
ance of any duty required by law in criminal cases.

280. The said Police Justice shall receive as compensa-
tion for his services, such salary as may be fixed by the
County Commissioners of Talbot County, not exceeding Six
Hundred and Seventy-five Dollars ($675. 00) per year, or
the proportionate part thereof, so long as he shall continue
to act as such Police Justice; said salary to be paid by the
County Commissioners of Talbot County in equal quarterly
installments, and shall be paid in full compensation for
services required of him under this Act; and no Justice of
the Peace so selected for Police Justice shall be permitted
to charge any fee or receive any gratuity for making any
commitment, granting any release, or for the performance
of any duty required by law in criminal cases, or when
acting as coroner; but the said County Commissioners shall
in no case pay the aforesaid salary until the said Police
Justice shall have first filed with the County Commissioners
of Talbot County his quarterly report, verified by his oath
or affirmation, accounting for all fines, forfeitures and pen-
alties imposed by him under the laws of this State or under
any ordinances of the town of St. Michaels, which said re-
port shall show the names of the parties, the fines and pen-
alties imposed, together with the amount of costs, and to
whom said costs were due, and the said Police Justice shall
at the time of filing said report, and as part of said report,
pay over to said County Commissioners the amount of all
fines, penalties, forfeitures, Justices' and State's witnesses
costs so received by him, to be appropriated by the County
Commissioners to the payment of all fees in criminal cases
chargeable against said County Commissioners, provided
that all fines and penalties imposed for violation of any
ordinance of the town of St. Michaels shall be paid over to
the Commissioners of said town.

283. The said Police Justice shall receive for his serv-
ices such salary as may be fixed by the County Commis-
sioners of Talbot County, not exceeding Ninety Dollars
($90. 00) per year or the proportionate part thereof, so long
as he shall continue to act as such Police Justice, said salary