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Session Laws, 1918 Session
Volume 486, Page 191   View pdf image (33K)
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EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 191

For administering the oath to the witnesses in any such
case, a fee of twenty cents, such fee to cover the swearing of
all the witnesses both for the State and accused in such case;

For entry of judgment in contested cases, but not in cases
where the accused pleads guilty, twenty-five cents, said entry
in all cases to specify the amount of fine and costs respectively;

For each continuance twenty-five cents;

For each release of an accused on bail, fifty cents;

For each copy of his warrant and docket entries in any case,
ten cents each or twenty cents for the two.

And no Justice of the Peace shall charge, receive or attempt
to collect any fees other than or in excess of those enumerated
in this section in any case arising under this sub-title.

No Justice shall try any case except upon warrant duly pre-
pared in the form required by law which shall be preserved
with the other papers pertaining to his office; and no such
justice shall collect any fine or costs in any case involving a
violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws of this State until he has
completed the entries pertaining to such case in his docket
kept for the making of his records, and all such dockets shall
be preserved and transmitted to the clerks of the courts as re-
quired by Article 52 of the Code, all such warrants and dockets
at all times to be subject to inspection upon demand by any
person named therein and by all State officials or their duly
authorized representatives.

All Justices of the Peace shall deliver upon request without
charge to the accused a receipt showing in detail the amount of
fine and costs imposed upon and paid by such accused.

No Justice of the Peace shall divide the fees of his office
with any constable, sheriff or other State officer, or with any
individual not a constable or officer, who may assist in making
an arrest or furnishing evidence in a case arising under the
Motor Vehicle Laws.

No Justice of the Peace shall receive evidence of an alleged
violation of the Motor Vehicle speed laws over a measured
course unless such evidence is obtained and offered by repre-

 

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