ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 797
CHAPTER 438.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sec-
tions 585 and 589 of Article 17 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Prince
George's County, " sub-title "Justices of the Peace, " and
Sections 4, 5 and 6 of Chapter 231 of the Acts of 1931,
reducing the salaries of the Police Justice of said
County, the Clerk of the Police Court for said County,
the Constables at Large for said County, the Sergeants
of Police and the Chief of Police.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 585 and 589 of Article 17 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Prince George's County, " sub-title "Justices of the
Peace, " and Sections 4, 5 and 6 of Chapter 231 of the
Acts of- 1931, be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, to read as follows:
585. The said Police Justice shall be paid a salary of
twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars ($2, 250) a year,
payable monthly by the County Commissioners of Prince
George's County, and he shall receive in addition thereto
the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars ($450) as
personal expenses in connection with the duties of
his office; and he shall receive no other fees or com-
pensation of any other kind, nature or description in
connection with his office. He shall charge the same costs
both in civil and criminal cases as are now allowed by
law, and all fees, civil and criminal, charged or taxed as
part of the costs, and collected by him, shall be paid over
to the County Commissioners, and by them credited to the
County; and all witnesses in criminal cases before him
shall be allowed the same fees and mileage as are now
allowed in criminal cases before a Justice of the Peace in
Prince George's County. The County Commissioners shall
furnish the said Police Justice with such docket or dock-
ets, stationery and forms as pertain to and are essential
for the due administration of his office, at the expense
of the County.
589. The County Commissioners of Prince George's
County shall appoint some suitable person as Clerk
of the Police Court for Prince George's County at
a salary not to exceed the sum of one thousand three
hundred and fifty dollars ($1350) per annum, pay-
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