486 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the Peace of said State, under its process, nor when such ab-
sence shall not exceed fifteen days in the course of any one
year, and when the said Board of Police Commissioners shall
certify that such last-named absence, not exceeding fifteen
days, as aforesaid, was occasioned by sickness or other un-
avoidable cause.

638. The said station-house Justices are granted a leave of
absence, with pay, for fifteen days during each and every year;
and the Board of Police Commissioners are authorized to desig-
nate one of the civil magistrates to act in their place during said
absence, who shall be paid the same as the station-house Jus-
tices receive.

639. No Justice of the Peace appointed under the provis-
ions of section 623 shall be paid by the City of Baltimore any
fee for issuing any State writ, or for any search warrant, or for
taking the recognizance of any witness, or for taking any rec-
ognizance in any case reported to court, or for any commitment
or release, or for issuing any subpoena in any criminal case, or
in any case instituted to recover any fine, penalty or forfeiture
claimed by the State of Maryland, or by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore; and no police officer or constable shall
be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore any fee
for the service of any subpoena or process in any criminal case,
before any Justice of the Peace, or for service of any subpoena
or process in any case pending before any Justice of the Peace,
for the recovery of any fine, forfeiture or penalty by the State
of Maryland or by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

640. It shall be the duty of the officers of police, policemen
and detectives appointed by the Board of Police Commission-
ers of Baltimore City, to serve and execute any and all writs,
warrants, subpoenas and commitments, which may be issued
by any Justice of the Peace selected to sit at the station houses
in the City of Baltimore as hereinbefore provided.