HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 901
without reasonable grounds or through prejudice, upon
which finding all costs of the proceeding may be assessed
against the petitioner in the discretion of said Magistrate.
(3) All costs incurred in the prosecution of cases un-
der this act, except as hereinbefore provided, and except
in corporation cases of the City of Hagerstown, shall be
paid by the County Commissioners of said County, and it
shall be the duty of the County Commissioners of said
County, and they are hereby authorized to make all levies
an appropriation necessary to provide for the payment of
. the salaries, fees, expenses and costs made by this act,
payable by the County Commissioners of said County.
e. All process, orders and directions issued by said
Magistrate may be directed to the Probation Officer,
Sheriff or any Constable of Washington County, or to any
Police Officer of any Incorporated town in Washington
County, and he shall receive the same fees for serving such
process, orders and directions as he now receives for
serving papers of similar character, excepting the Proba-
tion Officer who shall receive only actual expenses for
serving process, orders or directions. The Mayor and City
Council of Hagerstown shall designate one or more mem-
bers of the Police Force of said Hagerstown to attend said
Magistrate and execute such process, orders and directions
within the corporate limits of Hagerstown.
d. The said Magistrate shall have the right to preserve
order and decorum when sitting in the discharge of his
duties, and shall have the right to punish any person who
commits any breach of decorum in his presence or any per-
son who wilfully violates, neglects or refuses to obey or
perform any order of said Magistrate, by a fine not ex-
ceeding $25. 00 to be collected as other fines are collected,
and in default of payment of said fine imposed by said
Magistrate the said Magistrate shall have the power to
commit the person on whom said fine is imposed to the
Washington County Jail for a period not exceeding one
day for each One Dollar of fine so imposed, provided, that,
in all cases when a fine is imposed under this sub-section,
the party on whom said fine is imposed, if he feels ag-
grieved thereby, may within three days, appeal to the Cir-
cuit Court for Washington County from the action of said
Magistrate, and pending the hearing of said appeal, shall
give surety for his appearance in the Circuit Court for
Washington County, in a sum to be fixed by the said Mag-
istrate, which sum shall not be in excess of twice the
amount of fine imposed; and the person on whom said
fine is imposed under this sub-section shall at his option,
instead of furnishing surety for his appearance, have the
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