ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 527

CONTINUANCES.

Section 179-O. Causes may be continued and the time for
appeal may be extended by the Justice who presides in the
cause; but no cause shall be continued for a time longer than
20 days from the filing of the cause or action, unless attorneys
whose appearance is entered are engaged in other Courts, or
there is some cause beyond the control of the party seeking the
continuance.

SESSIONS OF COURT.

Section 179-P. Said Justices shall sit, and said Court shall
be open for the conduct of business from 9: 00 A, M. until
4: 00 P. M. each day, Sundays, Legal Holidays and the after-
noons of Saturday in the months of June, July and August
excepted; and said Justices may determine the time for reg-
ular sittings for the hearing of criminal and police cases; and
they may sit at any time they may consider necessary for the
disposal of emergency cases.

Section 179-Q. Said Justices shall have the right to estab-
lish rules for the conduct of their proceedings, and they are
hereby authorized and empowered to punish by a fine not ex-
ceeding Ten Dollars any person guilty of disorderly conduct
in their presence when a cause is being heard; they shall have
a right to punish any person summoned as a witness who shall
refuse or fail to appear by a fine not exceeding Twenty-five
Dollars; and they may issue an attachment for any person
summoned as a witness who fails to appear; the right of appeal
to the Circuit Court shall exist in all such cases.

RULE TO SHOW CAUSES, ETC.

Section 179-R. Whenever an application is made to said
Justices for a warrant for the arrest of any person charged
with a breach of the peace, or with disorderly conduct, or for
a surety to keep the peace, or with a violation of the Motor
Vehicle Laws, said Justices may in their discretion, before
issuing said warrant, issue a summons to the person complained
against to show cause why a warrant should not be issued; and
upon the" appearance of the party complained against the cause
may be tried as fully and effectually as if said warrant had
been issued, provided the party complaining shall state the
complaint under oath.