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tration of justice unless the chief judge or both the associate
judges are present in court sitting.
9. And be it enacted, That the sheriff of the said county, for
the time being, shall summon forty-eight good and lawful men
residing within the said city or precincts, ten days before the
day appointed for holding the said court, as grand and petit ju-
rors, and shall return a pannel of them accordingly; and every
such juror, being regularly summoned, not attending, shall be
fined by the said court a sum not exceeding fifty dollars; and
every grand and petit juror shall be allowed the sum of one dollar
for every days attendance.
10. And be it enacted, That all commitments and recognizan-
ces for all felonies, crimes, offences and misdemeanors, commit-
ted within the said city and precincts, shall be returned from
time to time by any justice of the peace, taking such recogni-
zance, before the judges aforesaid; and any justice, taking such
recognizance, shall lodge the same with the clerk of the said
court on the day next preceding the day appointed for holding
the said court.
11. And be it enacted, That any person summoned as a witness
to attend the said court, and making default, shall be fined by the
judges aforesaid in their discretion not exceeding one hundred
and fifty dollars, and every witness attending the said court shall
be allowed the sum of one dollar for every days attendance.
12. And be it enacted, That the said judges shall have power
to appoint any number of constables they may think necessary
for the execution of this act, and to facilitate the administration
of public justice, and the same constables to remove, and appoint,
others in their stead; and the said constables shall he allowed
such compensation as the said judges may think just and right.
13. And be it enacted, That the said chief judge, or the two
associate judges, shall have power to call a court at any time
they may consider it necessary, and to direct the clerk of the said
court to issue a venire for the attendance of a grand and petit
jury at such extraordinary court.
14. And he it enacted, That in all cases of applications to the
said court for ordinary or retailers licences, it shall be in their
discretion to grant or refuse the same.
15. And be it enacted, That instead of the penalty heretofore
imposed on persons selling liquor without license within the said
city and precincts of Baltimore, such person or persons shall
forfeit and pay the sum of twenty-four dollars current money for
each offence, one half thereof to the support of government, and
the other half to the informer.
16. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the chief
judge of the said court to attend every day, except on Sundays
and during the session of the said court, at the office of the clerk
of the said court, or at some other convenient room in the court-
house, to hear and examine all persons who may be brought be-
fore him, and to commit for trial, or otherwise, as the case may
require; and the said chief judge shall have full power and au-
thority to hear, decide and determine, all offences which are not
punishable by confinement in the penitentiary, and which may
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Dec. Ses 1816
Jurymen to be
summoned.
Commitments
and recog-
nizances to be
returned to
city court.
Witnesses to
be fined for
non-attend-
ance.
— their allow-
ance.
Court to ap-
point consta-
bles.
Judges to call
court, and di-
rect venire to
issue.
— to grant or-
dinary and re-
tailer's licen-
ses.
Penalty for
selling without
license.
Chief justice
to attend every
day.
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