HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 1125
thereafter pay over the proceeds thereof to the Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles as fines for violation of the Motor
Vehicle Laws"are now required to be paid; and if forfeited
collateral the same shall be paid over to the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles as now required by Law, after deduct-
ing therefrom in any case of forfeiture any costs now
authorized by law. But the failure of said accused to
appear for trial as herein provided for before the said
Police Justice and the forfeitures herein authorized shall
not prevent the subsequent arrest, conviction and the im-
position of the penalty or penalties authorized by law.
Should the accused furnish the bail or collateral in any of
the ways prescribed for his appearance before said Police
Justice, the said Justice of the Peace taking such recog-
nizance or collateral, or motor vehicle as surety, as the
case may be, shall forthwith transmit the warrant under
which the accused was brought before him, with a list of
witnesses for the prosecution endorsed thereon, as well as
the recognizance taken, or the collateral, or motor vehicle as
surety, whichever it be, together with a copy of his docket
entries and all costs incurred by him to the Police Justice,
and also if in his judgment necessary, shall take recog-
nizance in such amount or collateral in such amount as
he may deem proper to compel the personal appearance of
the witnesses for the State on the day fixed for the trial
of said accused before said Police Justice. The said Jus-
tice of the Peace other than the Police Justice shall receive
the sum of One Dollar ($1. 00) in full for all his charges,
and the constable or other officer, if other than a member
of the State Police, shall receive the sum of One Dollar
($1. 00) in full for all his charges; but should the Officer
making the arrest be t, he Sheriff of Calvert County, or
any one of his Deputies, the said Justice of the Peace shall
tax as part of the cost for the service of said warrant the
sum of One Dollar ($1. 00), which shall be turned over to
the County Commissioners of Calvert County. But no
constable, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other peace officer,
shall be entitled to receive any fee for testifying as a wit-
ness in any case involving a violation of the Motor Ve-
hicle Laws.
174E. Upon the receipt by the Police Justice of the
papers in all cases of violations of any of the provisions
of the Motor Vehicle Laws, or any other law, local or gen-
eral, transmitted to him for trial from any other Justice
of the Peace, he shall forthwith docket a case in the name
of the State of Maryland against the accused and issue
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