778 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 426

him monthly on the first Tuesday of each and every month,
together with a detailed and itemized report, setting forth
the items so collected by him, which said report shall be as
specific as that required of the Police Justice; that said
Clerk shall have the general authority to do any and all
things in connection with his duties as the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Prince George's County is possessed of,
and he shall have the same duties and responsibilities as the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County in so far as the
same are applicable. He shall be removed from office for
incompetency, wilful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in
office in a Court of law, or by the County Commissioners,
for any one or more of said causes, if charges are preferred
and proved to the satisfaction of the County Commissioners
or a majority thereof, and in case of vacancy, they are hereby
authorized to appoint his successor to fill out the unexpired
term, ratably at the same salary and expense account. That
the Clerk of the Police Court shall act as Secretary to the
Chief of the Prince George's County Police, as the same
may be created by law, and he shall keep the records of the
Prince George's County Police, and shall be the general office
representative of the same. In the event of the temporary
absence of said Clerk of the Police Justice the County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized, and directed to appoint
some suitable person for the time being in the place and
stead of the said Clerk, who shall possess the same powers,
duties and responsibilities, and who shall receive ratably the
same compensation and expense account as herein allowed
for the Clerk, to be deducted from the salary and expense
account of said Clerk, and who before entering upon the
duties of his office shall give a bond in the penalty of five
hundred dollars ($500) with the same conditions and for
the same uses and purposes as the Clerk is required to give,
and at the termination of his said temporary appointment
shall at the second meeting of the County Commissioners,
thereafter make a report, verified under oath, as required
of the Clerk whose place he has taken for the time being,
and turn over any sum or sums of money he may have col-
lected, which under this Act are directed to be paid to the
County Commissioners, or as otherwise provided by law.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the State's At-
torney of Prince George's County be, and he is hereby auth-
orized, empowered and directed to appear before said Police