ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 71
272R. The said Justice to be appointed under this Act
shall have the right to preserve order and decorum when sit-
ting in the discharge of his duty, and shall have the right to
punish any breach of order or decorum committed in his pres-
ence, by a fine not exceeding twenty-five ($25) dollars, to be
collected as other fines are collected, and in default of the pay-
ment of said fine imposed by said Justice, the said Justice
shall have the power to commit the person on whom said fine
is imposed to the Washington County jail for a period not ex-
ceeding one day for each one dollar of fine so imposed. Pro-
vided, that in all cases where a fine is imposed under this Sec-
tion, the party on whom the said fine is imposed, if he feels
aggrieved thereby, may within three days, appeal to the Cir-
cuit Court for Washington County, from the action of the said
Justice; and pending the hearing of said appeal, shall give
surety for his appearance in the Circuit Court for Washington
County, in a sum to be fixed by the said Justice, which sum
shall not be in excess to twice the amount of said fine imposed;
and the person on whom said fine is imposed under this Sec-
tion, shall at his option, instead of furnishing surety for his
appearance, have the right, pending his appeal, to deposit with
the Justice a sum in cash double the amount of the fine im-
posed, as collateral security, for his appearance in the Circuit
Court for Washington County on said appeal. Provided, no
appeal shall be allowed under this Section after payment of
the fine, but deposit of cash as such collateral security in
double the amount of the fine, shall not be construed to be a
payment of said fine.
272S. The Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, immedi-
ately after the qualification of said Justice, shall furnish him
with a copy of the charter and ordinances of Hagerstown, and
shall supply him with copies of all new ordinances of said
Hagerstown within one day after the adoption thereof, and
shall notify him of the repeal of any ordinance within one day
thereafter; and the said Mayor and Council of Hagerstown
shall supply said Justice with all dockets for Corporation cases
and with all necessary stationery and office equipment used by
him in the business of the said town. The said Justice shall
record in the corporation docket 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 inspec-
tion of any person who may request to see the same. It shall
be the duty of the said Justice to make out a summarized state-
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