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missioners of Hancock, appoint one of the justices of the peace
residing in Election District Number Five of Washington
County, who shall regularly maintain an office within the cor-
porate limits of Hancock, to act as the police justice for the
said town who shall have power to issue warrants commanding
the bailiff of said town to arrest any person violating any of
the ordinances of said town and have him brought in for trial,
and he shall have the same power to summon witnesses and to
enforce their attendance in these cases that he has in all other
cases coming before him as justice of the peace; and after the
trial of such person he, in case of conviction, may impose such
fine as the ordinances of said town in such cases provide;
and the person convicted may, in default of the costs and fine,
be committed to the town jail until such fine and costs or for-
feiture be paid; provided, that where the parties are committed
to the said town jail by the said police justice acting for the
burgess and commissioners the number of days of imprison-
ment shall be double the fine and costs, that is to say, for every
one dollar of the amount of the fine and costs the culprit shall
have two days in jail; when the time has expired according to
his commitment the fine and forfeiture shall be considered as
paid and the person discharged, but in no case shall the term
of imprisonment exceed thirty days; the said police justice
shall be furnished with copies of the ordinances of the town and
shall keep a docket for corporation cases and therein record and
make regular entries of the proceedings in all cases, setting
forth the fine and imprisonment imposed and the amount of
costs, and he shall submit said docket to the inspection of any
person who may request to see the same, and upon demand of
-any person interested shall deliver a copy of any judgment
rendered by him, and it shall be the duty of said police
justice to make out a summarized statement of all corporation
cases tried before him, with the fines and costs therein col-
lected, which statement shall be submitted semi-annually to
"the burgess and commissioners after being sworn, to before a
justice of the peace, and he shall pay over to the treasurer of
the town of Hancock, annually, all fines collected by him; all
stationery supplies used by said police justice in the town busi-
ness shall be furnished him by the burgess and commissioner.

SEC. 2. Ant he it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1931.

Approved April 6, 1931.