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Session Laws, 1916
Volume 534, Page 1603   View pdf image (33K)
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EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1603

fee for entering such plea of guilty and the judgment thereon
shall be ten cents;

For administering the oath to the witnesses in any such case,
a fee of ten cents, such fee to cover the swearing of all the
witnesses both for the State and accused in such case;

For entry of judgment in contested cases, but not in cases
where the accused pleads guilty, ten cents, said entry in all cases
to specify the amount of fine and costs respectively;

For each continuance, ten cents;

For each release of an accused on bail, twenty-five cents;

For each copy of his warrant and docket entries in any case,
ten cents each or twenty cents for the two.

And no Justice of the Peace shall charge, receive or attempt
to collect any fees other than or in excess of those enumerated
in this section in any case arising under this sub-title.

No justice shall try any such case except upon warrant duly
prepared in the form required by law which shall be preserved
with the other papers pertaining to his office; and no such
justice shall collect any fine or costs in any case involving a
violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws of this State until he has
completed the entries pertaining to such case in his docket kept
for the making of his records, and all such dockets shall be
preserved and transmitted to the clerks of the courts as re-
quired by Article 52 of the Code, all such warrants and docket
at all times to be subject to inspection upon demand by any
person named therein and by all State officials or their duly
authorized representatives.

All Justices of the Peace shall deliver without charge to the
accused a receipt showing in detail the amount of fine and
costs imposed upon and paid by such accused.

No Justice of the Peace shall divide the fees of his office
with any constable, sheriff or other State officer, or with any
individual not a constable or officer, who may assist in making
an arrest or furnishing evidence in a case arising under the
Motor Vehicle Laws.

Any Justice of the Peace violating any provisions of this
section, or failing, or refusing to make the returns of convic-
tions to the Motor Vehicle Commissioner elsewhere provided
for in this sub-title, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
in office, and upon conviction thereof shall, be subject to re-
moval as provided in Section 42 of Article IV of the Consti-
tution.

 

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