HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 969

The County Commissioners shall furnish the said Police
Justice with such docket or dockets, stationery and forms
as pertain to and are essential for the due administration
of his office at the expense of the county.

589. The County Commissioners of Prince George's
County shall appoint some suitable person as Clerk of the
Police Court for Prince George's County at a salary not to
exceed the sum of one thousand four hundred and twen-
ty-five dollars ($1, 425. 00) per annum, payable monthly
by the County Commissioners, and in addition thereto the
sum of three hundred dollars ($300) per annum as an ex-
pense account, payable monthly by the County Commis-
sioners, and he shall receive no other fee or compensation
whatsoever for any services in connection with his duties
as "said clerk, except that the County Commissioners
shall furnish to the Clerk of the said Police Court an auto-
mobile for his official use. That the term of office of the
Clerk of the said Police Court shall be for two years, to
begin contemporaneously with that of the Police Justice in
the year 1927; and the County Commissioners shall bi-
ennially appoint thereafter a Clerk of the Police Court.
That said Clerk before entering upon his duties shall exe-
cute a bond similar to that required of the Police Justice
in the penalty of five thousand dollars ($5, 000), and for the
same use and purpose. That said Clerk shall be present with
the said Police Justice and shall attend the sittings of
his court during the session thereof, and shall have charge
of all the records, dockets and papers of said court, and he
shall have the power and authority to administer oaths in
all matters that appertain to his Court, he shall keep and
transcribe the records of said Court, and shall issue all
writs of said Court in the name of the Police Justice, and
shall have power to accept such cash collateral and deposit
of sureties for the appearance of any defendant, to appear
before the said Police Justice for hearing or trial, and shall
issue all witness certificates, and shall receive all fines,
penalties and forfeitures imposed or collected by virtue of
any writ issued out of said Police Court. That said Clerk
shall pay over to the County Commissioners of Prince
George's County all fees, civil and criminal, so collected by
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 Cir-