798 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 438

able monthly by the County Commissioners, and in
addition thereto the sum of three hundred dollars
($300) per annum as an expense account, payable monthly
by the County Commissioners, and he shall receive no
other fee or compensation whatsoever for any services in
connection with his duties as said Clerk. That the term
of office of the Clerk of the said Police Court shall be for
two years, to begin contemporaneously with that of the
Police Justice in the year 1927; and the County Com-
missioners shall biennially appoint thereafter a Clerk of
the Police Court. That said Clerk before entering upon
his duties shall execute a bond similar to that required of
the Police Justice in the penalty of five thousand dollars
($5000), and for the same use and purpose. That said
Clerk shall be present with the said Police Justice and
shall attend the sittings of his Court during the session
thereof, and shall have charge of all the records, dockets
and papers of said Court, and he shall have power and
authority to administer oaths in all matters that apper-
tain to his Court, he shall keep and transcribe the records
of said Court, and shall issue all writs of said Court in
the name of the Police Justice, and shall have power to
accept such cash collateral and deposit of sureties for
the appearance of any defendant, to appear before the
said Police Justice for hearing or trial, and shall issue
all witness certificates, and shall receive all fines, penal-
ties and forfeitures imposed or collected by virtue of any
writ issued out of said Police Court. That said Clerk
shall pay over to the County Commissioners of Prince
George's County all fees, civil and criminal, so collected
by him monthly on the first Tuesday of each and every
month, together with a detailed and itemized report, set-
ting forth the items so collected by him, which said report
shall be as specific as that required of the Police Justice;
that said Clerk shall have the general authority to do
any and all things in connection with his duties as the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County is
possessed of, and he shall have the same duties and re-
sponsibilities as the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said
County in so far as the same are applicable. He shall
be removed from office for incompetency, wilful neglect
of duty or misdemeanor in office in a Court of law, or
by the County Commissioners, for any one or more of said
causes, if charges are preferred and proved to the satis-
faction of the County Commissioners or a majority there-
of, and in case of vacancy, they are hereby authorized to
appoint his successor to fill out the unexpired term, ratably