EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 91

title "City of Baltimore, " sub-title "Justices of the Peace and
Constables, " be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments so as to read as follows:

632-H. The said several Justices of the Peace, assigned to
the station houses in Baltimore City, and the several Justices
of the Peace assigned to the Peoples' Court of Baltimore City,
shall have the right to preserve order and decorum when sitting
at the said station houses and People's Court, in the discharge
of their duties as such Police Justices and Justices! of the Peace
of the Peoples' Court, respectively, and shall have the right to
punish any breach of order or decorum committed in their pres-
ence by a fine not exceeding $10. 00 to be collected as other
fines are collected, and in default of the payment of said fine
imposed by the said several Justices of the Peace assigned to
the station houses in Baltimore City or by a Justice of the
Peace of the Peoples' Court, the said Justice shall have the
power to commit the person on whom said fine is imposed to
the Baltimore City Jail for a period not exceeding one day for
each one dollar of fine so imposed. Provided, that in all cases
where fine is imposed under this section the party on whom
the said fine is imposed, if he feels aggrieved thereby, may
within three days (exclusive of the date of the imposition of
said fine) appeal to the Criminal Court of Baltimore from the
action of the said Police Justice or Justices of the Peace of the
Peoples' Court in such case; and pending the hearing of said
appeal, shall give surety for his appearance in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore in a sum to be fixed by the said Justice,
which sum shall not be in excess of twice the amount of said
fine imposed; and the person on whom such fine is imposed
under this Section, shall at his option, instead of furnishing
surety for his appearance, have the right pending his appeal,
to deposit with the Justice a sum in cash double the amount of
the fine imposed, as collateral security for his appearance in
the Criminal Court of Baltimore on said appeal. Provided,
no appeal shall be allowed under this Section after payment of
the fine, but deposit of cash, as such collateral security in double
the amount of the fine shall not be construed to be a payment
of the said fine.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after June 1, 1918.

Approved April 2nd, 1918.