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to free meals while on duty, in addition to the salaries provided for
in this subsection.

The Sheriff , IF AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS, may employ a clerk-bookkeeper from and after July 1,
1959, pursuant to the provisions of said sub-title "Classified Service",
and at a salary as agreed upon by the Sheriff and the County Com-
missioners. The clerk-bookkeeper shall perform such duties as may be
assigned by the Sheriff, including the preparation of all reports from
the Sheriff's office for submission to the Grand Jury and the County
Commissioners.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved March 24, 1959.

CHAPTER 214
(Senate Bill 322)

AN ACT to add a new Section 32A to Article 52 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace",
sub-title "Docket", to follow immediately after Section 32 thereof,
requiring every Justice of the Peace having criminal jurisdiction
in Harford County to maintain an official warrants docket, defining
the Justices of the Peace to whom this Act applies, relating gen-
erally to said docket and to its contents and use and to cross refer-
ences with the criminal dockets, and providing that the dockets
shall be supplied by the County Commissioners of Harford County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 32A be and it is hereby added to Article 52 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Justices of the
Peace", sub-title "Docket", said new section to follow immediately
after Section 32 thereof, and to read as follows:

32A. (a) Every justice of the peace having criminal jurisdiction
in Harford County shall maintain an official warrants docket, in
addition to any other docket or record required by the laws of this
State. It shall be arranged in numerical sequence, with a stub system
so that all warrants issued may subsequently be accounted for. In
this docket there shall be recorded all warrants issued by the justice
of the peace, noting the name of the defendant, the date of issue,
the nature of the charge, the name of the person upon whose oath
the warrant is issued, the name of the person to whom the warrant
is delivered for service, and the ultimate disposition of the warrant.
For those cases in which the warrant has been served and the de-
fendant brought to trial, the warrants docket and the criminal docket
shall each contain appropriate cross references to the other.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.