A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

fifty-one of the code of Public General Laws, be and
the same are hereby repealed, and the following
be and the same are hereby enacted as a substi-
tute therefor :

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9. Whenever a Justice of the Peace shall vacate
his office by resignation, removal from office or
the expiration of Ms official term, he shall deliver
his docket, together with all the notes, bonds ac-
counts and papers in his possession appertaining
to judgments or whereupon suits have been enter-
ed to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county
in which such Justice resides, or to the Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas in case such Justice
resides within the City of Baltimore, within thirty
days after such resignation, removal from office
or expiration of official term; and any Justice of
the Peace who shall fail to deliver his docket as
agreed, (in case the said docket shall not have been
unavoidably lost or destroyed,) shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof
shall be subject to a fine of two hundred dollars or
to six months imprisonment in the jail of the
county or city, at the discretion of the Court.

To deliver
docket &c.

10. If a Justice of the Peace dies, the delivery
provided for in the preceding section shall be
made by his Administrator or other person in
whose hands the said docket and papers may be
within thirty days after receiving the same; and
such Administrator or other person shall be sub-
ject to the same penalty for neglect or failure to
make such delivery which is appointed in the last
preceding section.

Delivery in
case of death.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act, shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

In force.