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176 C. The justices of the peace of the fifth district, other
than the police justice, shall be allowed the fees now allowed
by law for issuing any warrant of arrest or summons for wit-
nesses in criminal cases, but no other fees for the hearing or
trial of any criminal case or for the commitment of any person
charged or tried, shall be allowed such justice of the peace ;
nor shall the County Commissioners allow to any constable or
officer making arrest, either without a writ under a warrant
or for making return of any criminal process or service of
summons for witnesses, unless the person arrested is brought
before the said police justice or the process served is returned
before him as hereinbefore provided.
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Fees of jus-
tice of the
peace.
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176 D. The police justice of the fifth district of said county
shall, at the first regular meeting of the County Commissioners,
held in each month, make a report in writing, verified under
oath, made before the clerk of said commissioners, or one of
the commissioners, of all criminal cases heard or tried before
him during the preceding month, which report shall state in
each case the name of the defendant, the offence charged, the
name of the person upon whose complaint the warrant was
issued, the number of witnesses summoned, the name of the
officer serving the warrant and summonses, the judgment ren-
dered, the amount of fine or penalty imposed, the amount of
costs taxed, which shall include all constables' costs and con-
stables' fees, where process is served by police officers acting
with authority of constables, and the amount of tine and costs
collected by him, and all such fines and costs, including con-
stables' and officers' fees for serving warrants, and all other
process which in all cases shall be properly taxed and collected
shall, at the time of making his report, be paid to the order of
the County Commissioners.
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Police justice
to make
report.
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178 D. The police justice of the fifth district of said county,
for his services in criminal cases, shall receive from the County
Commissioners the sum of fifty dollars per month, payable in
cash or by levy equivalent to cash, on the day of his making
his report, as hereinbefore provided; and he shall not receive
directly or indirectly any other fees or compensation in
criminal cases, or cases of violation of any of the laws of this
State; and all fees of constables for service of process in
criminal cases in the fifth district shall be paid by the County
Commissioners.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That immediately after the
passage of this act it shall be the duty of the Governor to
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