770 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 426

to receive the prisoner and hold him for his appearance at
Court to answer said charge; and on the presentation of the
copy of such commitment by the sheriff to the officer in whose
custody the prisoner may be, such officer shall at once deliver
the prisoner to the sheriff, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff
upon receipt of such commitment to forthwith obtain such
prisoner if he be not in his custody. Provided, however, that
in any case where the accused when brought before such Police
Justice freely elects to be tried before said Police Justice, and
the fine imposed for the offense committed, if the accused be
adjudged guilty, is $10 or less, exclusive of costs, there shall
be no appeal to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County;
but should said accused after conviction and the imposition
of said fine of $10 or less, exclusive of costs, feel aggrieved
by the judgment of said Police Justice, he may within ten days
after said conviction, exclusive of the day on which said judg-
ment was rendered, make application in the usual way to the
Circuit Court for Prince George's County for the writ of
certiorari, and bring the matter of his conviction before said
Court, and to be there heard and determined de novo on its
merits as if the same were an appeal from a decision of a
Justice of the Peace in said County. Provided, further, that
in case any person shall be taken into custody because of the
violation of any of the provisions of Sections 171 to 210, both
inclusive, of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title "Licenses, " sub-title "Motor Vehicles, " or any subsequent
act in relation thereto, he shall forthwith be taken in Prince
George's County before the nearest Justice of the Peace,
and should said Justice of the Peace be other than the Police
Justice, he shall be released from custody on giving bond or
undertaking executed by a fidelity or surety company author-
ized to give such bond in this State, or by a person or persons
acceptable as surety or sureties by said Justice of the Peace,
said bond or undertaking to be in an amount not in excess of
the maximum amount prescribed as a fine for such offense, and
to be conditioned for his appearance before the Police Justice
in this Act provided, at some time and place where said
Police Justice will sit within ten days from the date of said
recognizance, and as designated in said recognizance; or on
giving his personal undertaking to appear before said Police
Justice, secured by a deposit of a sum not to exceed the maxi-
mum amount prescribed as a fine for such offense, and in case
such bond or undertaking shall not be given, or a deposit