440 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

justice of the peace sitting at said station house shall take
jurisdiction in said case.

206. When there is an arrest by a police officer or constable
of any person for any violation of the law punishable either by
a fine or imprisonment, or by a fine alone, during the hours
when the station house justices as aforesaid are not at said
respective station houses, the officer on duty and in charge of
said station house, or such station house justice if he can be
found, is hereby authorized and empowered to release for the
next hearing before said station house justice any person so
arrested upon a deposit of an amount equal to the maximum
fine and the costs or penalty imposed if found guilty, as surety
for such appearance, and after the hearing the deposit so made
is to be returned to the depositor if the complaint is dismissed
or held for court, upon his appearance at said hearing, and if
said person so arrested fails to appear at said hearing, or if he
appears and is convicted of such charge, the amount so deposi-
ted, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the fine or
penalty imposed and costs, shall be appropriated as designated
by law.

207. It shall be the duty of the police officers appointed by
the County Commissioners of Baltimore county, when called
upon so to do, to serve and execute any and all writs, warrants,
subpoenas and commitments which may be issued by the jus-
tices of the peace of Baltimore county in the exercise of their
criminal jurisdiction; said police officers to receive no addi-
tional compensation for such services; in the twelfth election
district all writs or warrants, as aforesaid issued by any justice
of the peace other than the station house justice aforesaid shall
be delivered for service or execution to a police officer of said
district, and shall not be delivered to or served by any con-
stable of said district; provided, however, that the station
house justice appointed for said district may, in his discretion,
deliver writs, warrants, subpoenas and commitments to either
a constable or police officer, in his discretion.

208. No justice of the peace, in any case of debt or dam-
ages whatever, shall issue a summons for the defendant, except
on application for the same by the plaintiff or his attorney, in
person or in writing, accompanied with the cause or causes of
action in said case; nor an execution except upon the order of
the plaintiff or his attorney, in person or in writing; and if any
justice of the peace shall issue a summons or execution con-
trary to the provisions of this section, or if any constable shall
knowingly serve the same, such justice or constable shall be
liable to indictment in the Circuit Court for Baltimore county,
and on conviction shall be disqualified from holding his office.