ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 507

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 179 of Article 1 of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title "Allegany County." sub-title "Justices of
the Peace and Constables," as the same was enacted by Chap-
ter 197 of the Acts of 1902 and Chapter 249 of the Acts of
1904 and Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1906, and Chapter 490 of
the Acts of: 1908, be, and the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

SEC. 179. There shall be appointed by the Governor at the
session of the Legislature of 1920, and biennially thereafter,
according to law, two justices of the peace for each election
district in Allegany County except that of Election Districts
Numbers 4, 5, 6, 14, 22 and 23, in said county, there shall be
appointed six magistrates at large and none others, each of
which said justices of the peace in said districts Nos. 4, 5, 6.
34, 22 and 23, shall be entitled to receive from Allegany
County the monthly salary of one hundred dollars ($100.00)
per month, payable monthly in lieu of all fees now receivable
by justices of the peace under the law in criminal cases, or in
cases where the State of Maryland is a party, including cases
under the Motor Vehicle Law and fees'received from issuing
dog licenses; and the said Justices of the Peace shall make a
monthly report to the Board of County Commissioners for
Allegany County on the first Monday in each and every
month, setting forth an itemized list of all fines and costs im-
posed by them whether such fines or costs were collected and
imposed against offenders or whether the offenders were com-
mitted to jail or elsewhere in default of said fines, in order
that the Board of County Commissioners may know accurately
what fines and costs are payable to said county by the con-
stable in said district, to whom all fines and costs shall be paid
by the offenders paying the same, provided that no justice of
the peace appointed under this Act for said Election Districts
4, 5, 6, 14, 22 and 23 shall be entitled to receive said monthly
salary unless he shall make the report aforesaid and shall
maintain an office for the transaction of such business as may
be brought before him, which said office shall be opened from
nine o'clock A. M. to four o'clock P. M.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on the first day of June, 1920.

Approved April 9, 1920.