576 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 321

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 necessary
qualification to act as and in the place of said Police Justice
for the remainder of the term for which said Police Justice
had been appointed; provided, however, that said Justice
so appointed shall comply with the provisions of this Act
in the matter of giving bond and making reports as herein
provided for; and provided further that if the said Police
Justice shall be connected by consanguinity or affinity with
any party to a cause within the third degree counting down
from a common ancestor to the more remote, he shall be
disqualified from same in such cause.

Section 11. Be it enacted. That it shall be the duty of
said Police Justice and every other Justice of the Peace of
the said county to have all charges made against any person
because of the alleged commission by such person of any
criminal offense carefully examined into to the end that while
justice shall be done, no person shall be subjected to costs or
imprisonment without sufficient cause.

Section 12. Be it enacted, That in all criminal prosecu-
tions or proceedings had before the Police Justice of Mont-
gomery County of which the said Justice has jurisdiction it
shall be the duty of the said Police Justice, in the event of
conviction of the accused at the said trial, to impose upon
the said accused so convicted the fine or fines and punish-
ment prescribed in the case of such conviction by the Act of
Assembly of Maryland or by ordinance of any incorporated
town in Montgomery County, for the violation of which
the accused was so tried; provided, however, that no Justice
of the Peace shall have the power or authority to sentence
any convicted prisoner for the commission of any felony.
That said Police Justice shall have the right to issue a sum-
mons for the attendance of any witness in any case under
consideration by said Justice, and upon the failure of any
person to attend before said Justice, in response to said
summons at the time and place mentioned in said summons,