956                              Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 616

son arrested is beyond the jurisdiction of the Court, the judge of
the Criminal Division shall sit as a committing magistrate with the
same powers and duties as were vested in and imposed upon the
justices of the peace assigned to the station houses of Baltimore City
on the day preceding the effective date of this Act, provided that
all persons charged with murder, manslaughter, or manslaughter by
automobile shall be taken by the police officer making the arrest, or
in whose custody the person arrested may be, before a judge of the
Criminal Division of the Municipal Court sitting at that location
of the Criminal Division (except the Housing part) which is closest
to the office of the State's Attorney of Baltimore.

116.   Warrants, (a) The judges of the Municipal Court are hereby
vested with power to issue warrants to the same extent that such
power was vested in the justices of the peace assigned to the station
houses in Baltimore City and in the magistrates of the Traffic Court
of Baltimore City on the day immediately preceding the effective
date of this Act.

(b) Where application is made to any judge of the Criminal Di-
vision of the Municipal Court for a warrant for the arrest of any
person charged with the commission of a bailable offense, it shall
be the duty of said judge, before issuing said warrant, to determine
the amount of bail to be required in the case of the person so
charged, and said judge shall endorse upon said warrant the amount
of bail so determined.

117. Show Cause Orders. Whenever application is made before any
judge of the Criminal Division of the Court for the issuance of a
warrant for the arrest of any person or persons charged with the
violation of any ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, the violation of which ordinance is punishable by a pecuniary
fine only of not more than three hundred dollars ($800.00), the said
judge may, in his discretion, instead of then issuing a warrant, issue
a summons to the person for whom the warrant is asked, to show
cause, on the day when said summons is made returnable, why the
said warrant should not be issued.

118.  Summonses. The court shall have power to issue a summons
for the attendance of any witness in any case before it, and upon
the failure of any person to attend in response to said summons at
the time and place mentioned therein, said person shall be liable,
in the discretion of the court, to a fine not exceeding twenty-five
dollars ($25.00), provided the proof shows that a written or printed
notice of said summons was duly delivered to the witness, in person,
by someone duly authorized under the law to summons witnesses
in such case. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting
the power of the court as hereinafter provided, to punish for direct
contempt.

119.  Service. It shall be the duty of the officers of police, police-
men and detectives appointed by the Police Commissioner of Balti-
more City, to serve and execute any and all writs, warrants, sub-
poenas, summonses, show cause orders, processes, and commitments,
which may be issued by the court.