1472 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 518

Montgomery County, and shall be in lieu of all fees of every
kind, nature or description. That all fees, civil and criminal,
charged or taxed as part of the cost and collected by the Police
Justice shall be paid over to the County Commissioners and
by the County Commissioners credited to the Police Fund of
said county, and all witnesses in criminal cases living in the
town of Rockville or within two miles thereof summoned be-
fore said Police Justice shall be allowed fifty cents per day
and two and one-half cents per mile going to the office of said
Police Justice, as well as returning from the office of said
Police Justice.

SEC. 9. Be it enacted, That said Police Justice shall at the
first regular meeting of the County Commissioners of Mont-
gomery County, held in each month, make a report in writing
verified under oath, of all criminal cases heard or tried before
him during the preceding month, which report shall state in
each case the name of the defendant, the offense charged, the
name of the person upon whose complaint the warrant was is-
sued, the number of witnesses summoned, the name of the offi-
cer serving the warrant and summons, the judgment rendered,
the amount of fine or penalty imposed, the amount of costs and
taxes, which shall include all constables, or sheriff's fees, and
the amount of fines and costs collected by him, and shall at the
time of making his report pay over to the County Commis-
sioners all such fines, costs, penalties and forfeitures enumer-
ated in his said report, and said Police Justice shall at the
same time make a report in writing, verified under oath, of all
civil cases heard or tried before him during the preceding
month, which report shall show the amount of cost taxed and
collected by him, and shall at the time of making said report
pay over to the County Commissioners such fees and costs col-
lected by him in said civil cases.

SEC. 10. Be it enacted, That in the event of the absence
of the said Police Justice, any one of the Judges of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County shall designate and appoint one
of the other Justices of the Peace of said county to act during
his absence, who shall for the time being be clothed with all the
powers and authorities of said Police Justice. And in the
event of death, removal or resignation of said Police Justice
so appointed by the provisions of this Act the Governor shall
appoint and designate some other person possessing the neces-
sary qualifications to act as and in the place of said Police
Justice for the remainder of the term for which said Police