1602 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 687

Penalties.

161. In default of the payment of any fines imposed for
violations of any of the provisions of this sub-title, there shall
be imposed an imprisonment in the county or city jail, as the
case may be, for a period not exceeding one day for each one
dollar of the fine so imposed, the imprisonment in no event to
exceed ninety days for any single offense; provided that any
offender who shall have been found guilty of the violation of
any provision of this sub-title and made to pay a fine or suffer
imprisonment therefor, and who shall be convicted of a second
or additional offense of the same provision committed within
six months from the date of conviction of the first offense, may
for such second or additional offense be fined in double the
amount herein prescribed for the first offense, or may be im-
prisoned as aforesaid for a period not exceeding six mouths for
a violation of any section providing a maximum fine of one
hundred dollars, or not exceeding thirty days for a viola-
tion of any other section of this sub-title, or both, and in the
event of the non-payment of the fine imposed for such second
offense, there may be imposed imprisonment in the county or
city jail as the case may be, for a period not exceeding one day
for each one dollar of the fine so imposed, the imprisonment
in no event to exceed six months for any single second offense
committed as aforesaid.

Fees of Justices and Constables.

162. Every Justice of the Peace shall maintain within the
limits of the county for which he is appointed a suitable office
for the transaction of his duties as such, and shall under no
circumstances try any case involving a violation of any pro-
vision of the Motor Vehicle Laws of this State, or impose or
collect any fine or collateral in any such case except within
said office or, if outside his office hours, within the house in
which he regularly resides.

The fees of Justices of the Peace in cases involving alleged
violations of the Motor Vehicle Laws of this State shall be as
follows:

For each State warrant issued upon complaint or at the time
the offender is brought before him for an immediate hearing
as hereinbefore provided, a fee of twenty-five cents;

For each trial upon such warrant, a fee of twenty-five cents
to be taxed only in the event the warrant is contested and not
in any case where the party pleads guilty, in which event the