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209. No justice of the peace for said county shall engage in
the discharge of his duties as justice in a bar-room of a tavern
or public house of that character; and any justice so offending
shall be liable to indictment by the grand jury of said county,
and on conviction shall be fined twenty dollars, to be paid to
the County Commissioners of said county for the use of the
county; and on a second conviction shall be disqualified from
holding office.
210. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners, on
the last Tuesday in April in each year, to appoint one of the
constables in each district of the county to inspect licenses in
the district; and the constables so appointed shall visit every
place of business in his district, the proprietors whereof are
required to have licenses immediately before the May and
December terms of the court, and shall require the proprietor
of each place of business to produce a license; and in case of a
refusal to produce the same, the constable shall arrest the pro-
prietor so refusing and take him before a justice of the peace,
who shall take recognizance from him, with security, to appear
before the next term of court to answer the charge of selling
without a license; and if upon trial of such person so recog-
nized, he shall produce a license, the court may, in its discre-
tion, cause the party indicted to pay the cost of the prosecution
as a punishment for his refusal to produce the license when
required by the constable; and the said constables shall return
to the grand juries for the said terms of the circuit court lists
of all places of business in their respective districts, which list
shall contain the names of persons doing business at each place,
the character of business, the date of the license, which shall
include the year for which it is issued, and the name therein.
Each constable appointed by the County Commissioners as
inspector of license shall receive from them a fee of ten cents
for each license inspected by him, on making affidavit that he
has personally inspected said license.
211. Constables in Baltimore county shall be entitled to the
fee prescribed by law for the particular services rendered by
them; provided, that no constable in said county shall be enti-
tled to receive from the County Commissioners more than fif-
teen dollars in fees for his services in criminal cases in any one
month; and provided, further, that no constable shall be enti-
tled to receive any fee in connection with the case of any person
charged with violating the provisions of chapter 397 of the
Acts of 1892. No constable shall deputize any person to act in
the service of any writ whatever for him or in his behalf.
212. Justices of the peace in Baltimore county shall be en-
titled to charge for their services in criminal cases the follow-
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