1124 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 544

of the Peace be other than the Police Justice, he shall be
released from custody on giving bond or undertaking exe-
cuted by a fidelity or surety company authorized to give
such bond in this State, or by a person or persons accept-
able 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 when
the said Police Justice will sit within ten days from the
date of said recognizance, and as designated in said rec-
ognizance; or on giving his personal undertaking to ap-
pear before said Police Justice, secured by a deposit of a
sum not to exceed the maximum amount prescribed as a
fine for such offense, and in case such bond or undertaking
shall not be given, or a deposit made as aforesaid, the
provisions of law in reference to bail in case of misde-
meanor shall apply; or the said accused in addition to the
means hereinbefore prescribed for sufficient bail or collat-
eral may tender as bail his motor vehicle as provided for
by Section 206 of Article 56, title "Licenses, " sub-title
"Motor Vehicles as Bail, " and said section in its entirety
shall be construed as applicable to the provisions of this
Act as though incorporated verbatim herein. Provided,
however, that should said accused when brought before
said Justice of the Peace other than the Police Justice,
have preferred against him more than one charge for
violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws, the said Justice of
the Peace shall exact and only exact of said accused a rec-
ognizance or collateral or motor vehicle as bail in a sum
not to exceed the maximum fine to be imposed in any one
of said charges, it being at his election for which offense
the said accused shall give collateral or recognizance or
his motor vehicle as bail; and he shall accept the personal
recognizance of the accused for all other charges pre-
ferred against him for violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws
for his appearance before said Police Justice at the time
and place fixed by said Justice of the Peace, and as desig-
nated in said recognizance. But should accused fail to
appear before said Police Justice at the time fixed for his
appearance the bond or collateral taken or motor vehicle
tendered, as the case may be, shall be and become forth-
with forfeited absolutely and if it be forfeited recognizance,
the same procedure shall be followed as in case of forfeited
recognizance in the Circuit Court for Calvert County; and
if a forfeited motor vehicle, the said Police Justice shall
forthwith sell said motor vehicle, and within five days