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upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace of Queen
Anne's County be fined not less than five nor more than one
hundred dollars, and upon refusal to pay said fine and costs
shall be committed to the County Jail for a period of thirty days.
All fines collected under this Section shall be paid to the County
Commissioners of Queen Anne's County for the use of the
public roads.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10th, 1914.

CHAPTER 356.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to pay Clarence W.
Perkins for legal services rendered to the State of Maryland
as of Counsel in the cases instituted by the Attorney-General
on behalf of the State of Maryland, against George Warfield,
William H. Green, George W. Padgett and Robert J. Padgett,
formerly Sheriffs of Baltimore City.

WHEREAS, On or about the second day of June, 1909, suite
were instituted in the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore
City by the Attorney-General and Clarence W. Perkins, Attor-
neys, in the name of the State of Maryland against George War-
field, William H. Green, George W. Padgett and Robert J.
Padgett, formerly Sheriffs of Baltimore City, to recover certain
fees, fines and monies alleged to have come into their possession
during their official terms, and to have been retained by them
in violation of Article 15, Section 1, of the Constitution of the
State, and

WHEREAS, While all of the suits were vigorously fought by
the respective defendants, the case against William H. Green,
which had been removed to the Baltimore City Court, was there
tried as a test case, and that the same was taken to the Court of
Appeals on two separate occasions for final judgment, and

WHEREAS, Said suit against William H. Green was success-
fully prosecuted on behalf of the State both in the Baltimore
City Court and in the Court of Appeals, resulting in settling
the question that the said Sheriffs had no constitutional right to
retain certain fees, fines and monies coming into their possession
in the performance of their official duties.