ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 851

CHAPTER 467.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
491 of Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Montgomery County, "
sub-title "Justices of the Peace and Constables, " to pro-
vide that Constables and Justices of the Peace of said
county shall be entitled to charge only one fee for their
services in cases where there is the commission of more
than one offense arising out of one and the same incident
or event.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 491 of Article 16 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Montgomery County, " sub-title "Justices of the Peace and
Constables, " be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments to read as follows:

491. Constables in the said county shall be entitled
to the fees prescribed by law for the particular serv-
ices rendered by them under the preceding section; and
the said justices shall be entitled to charge for their re-
spective services in said criminal cases the following fees:
For issuing each State writ, twenty-five cents; for summon-
ing all the witnesses on both sides in any case, fifty cents;
for each trial, one dollar; for every commitment, twenty-
five cents; for every release, twenty-five cents; for taking
recognizances in each case reported to the Circuit Court,
twenty-five cents each; for each attachment for contempt,
twenty-five cents. Provided, however, that constables shall
be entitled to receive only one fee for serving and/or re-
turning more than one warrant and that Justices of the
Peace, the Police Justice of said county and any municipal
or other officer vested by law with the powers of a Justice
of the Peace, shall be entitled to receive only one fee for
issuing more than one warrant, where there is a commis-
sion by one person of more than one concurrent offense or
violation of law arising out of one and the same accident,
incident or event.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all public gen-
eral and public local laws inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed to the ex-
tent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1933.

Approved April 21, 1933.