1250 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 507

the Peace and Constables, " as said sections were respectively
amended by Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1906 and Chapter 191
of the Acts of 1924, relating to the appointment and com-
pensation of the Police Justice of the Election District No.
7 of Carroll County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 59A and 59B of Article 7 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Carroll Coun-
ty, " sub-title "Justices of the Peace and Constables, " as said
sections were respectively amended by Chapter 77 of the Acts
of 1906 and Chapter 191 of the Acts of 1924, be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to
read as follows:

59A. After the appointment by the Governor of Maryland
of the justices of the peace provided for by Section 59, it shall
be the duty of the Governor to select from the justices so ap-
pointed for Election District No. 7 one who shall be known and
designated as "Police Justice, " who shall have the same juris-
diction in criminal cases as justices of the peace of Carroll
County now possess, and which may hereafter be conferred
upon them by and under the laws of the State. The said police
justice so selected shall be required to try and determine all
violations of the criminal laws of the State and ordinances of
the city of Westminster, which may arise in said Election Dis-
trict No. 7, within the jurisdiction possessed by justices of
the peace; subject, however, to the same right of election to
be tried by jury, notice of which must be clearly given by said
justice to the party before beginning trial, and subject to the
same right of appeal as now or may hereafter exist, under the
general law; provided, however, that nothing contained in this
Act shall deprive the said police justice of jurisdiction to try
criminal cases which arise in any other district of said county,
if the same shall be properly brought before him.

59B. The said justice shall receive as compensation for his
services the sum of fifteen hundred dollars and the sum of
one hundred and fifty dollars for expenses per year, or the
proportionate part thereof, so long as he shall continue to
act as such police justice in said district, said salary to be
paid to him by the County Commissioners of Carroll County
in equal monthly installments, and shall be in full compen-