TALBOT COUNTY. 1167

said Election District No. 2, who shall be known and desig-
nated as Police Justice. The said Police Justice shall have the
same jurisdiction in criminal cases as Justices of the Peace
now possess and which may hereafter be conferred upon them
by and under the laws of the State, but shall have no civil juris-
diction, but shall have jurisdiction of and perform the duties of
coroner; the said Police Justice shall have exclusive jurisdic-
tion of and shall be required to try and determine all violations
of the criminal laws and to perform all of the duties of coroner
which shall arise in said Election Precinct No. 1 of said Elec-
tion District No. 2, according to the present boundaries of said
precinct, and all violations of the ordinances of the town of
St. Michaels, subject, however, to the same right of election to
be tried by jury, notice of which must be clearly given by said
Police Justice to the party before trial, and subject to the same
right of appeal as now exists under the law; provided, however,
that nothing contained in this Act shall preclude the said
Police Justice from trying criminal cases which arise in any
other precinct or district of said county, if the same shall be
properly brought before him.

117K. That the said Police Justice shall receive compensa-
tion for his services, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars
($250.00) per year, or the proportionate part thereof, so long
as he shall continue to act as such Police Justice; said salary
to be paid by the County Commissioners of Talbot County in
equal quarterly installments, and shall be paid in full com-
pensation for services required of him under this act; and no
Justice of the Peace so selected for Police Justice shall be per-
mitted to charge any fee or receive any gratuity for making any
commitment, granting any release, or for the performance of
any duty required by law in criminal cases, or when acting as
coroner; but the said County Commissioners shall in no case
pay the aforesaid salary until the said Police Justice shall have
first filed with the County Commissioners of Talbot County his
quarterly report, verified by his oath or affirmation, accounting
for all fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed by him under
the laws of this State or under any ordinances of the town of
St. Michaels, which said report shall show the names of the
parties, the fines and penalties imposed, together with the
amount of costs, and to whom said costs were due, and the said
Police Justice shall at the time of filing said report, and as a
part of said report, pay over to said County Commissioners the
amount of all fines, penalties, forfeitures, Justices' and State's
witnesses costs so received by him, to be appropriated by the
County Commissioners to the payment of all fees in criminal
cases chargeable against said County Commissioners.