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Session Laws, 1924
Volume 568, Page 1081   View pdf image (33K)
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ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1081

The Police Justice shall be furnished with copies of the
ordinances of the town, and shall keep a separate docket for
corporation cases and therein shall record and make regular
entries of his proceedings in all such cases, setting forth the
fine or imprisonment imposed and the amount of costs, and
he shall submit said docket to the inspection of any person
who may request to see the same; and upon demand of any
person interested he shall deliver a copy of any judgment ren-
dered by him. It shall be the duty of said Justice to make
out a summarized report of all corporation cases and all cases
for the violation of any ordinances of the town of Brunswick
heard or tried before him during the preceding month, which
said report shall state in each and every case the name of the
defendant, the offense charged, the name of the persons upon
whose complaint the warrant was issued, the number of wit-
nesses summoned, the name and official capacity of the officer
serving the warrant, and summons, the judgment rendered,
the amount of fine or penalty imposed, the amount of costs
taxed, which shall include all constable's costs and constable's
fees, where process is served by police officers acting with
authority of constables, and the amount of fines and costs
collected by him, which said report shall be submitted monthly
to the Mayor and Council. Upon the request of the Council
the said Justice shall produce his docket and may be placed
under oath and interrogated as to the entries therein. He
shall pay over to the Clerk and Treasurer of the Mayor and
Council, promptly, all fines and costs imposed and collected by
him, and shall issue written orders to the Clerk and Treas-
urer for the payment of all fees and costs in all corporation
cases tried by him, and said fines shall be a part of the revenue
of the town.

If the Police Justice neglects to discharge any of the duties
imposed upon him by this Act, or refuses to pay over the fines
and costs collected by him, as herein directed, he shall be
liable to indictment in the Circuit Court for Frederick County,
and upon conviction he shall be fined the sum of fifty dollars
or imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding
three months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 2. And be U further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public safety, and being passed upon
a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all of the

 

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