Marvin Mandel, Governor                         253

19-5.

The justices of the peace in and for districts 3, 17, 21, 22, 24 and
25 shall have criminal jurisdiction of offenses committed in any of
the districts of said county, cognizable by justice of the peace under
the law, where complaint is made before him, but no warrant of
arrest shall be issued by said justices of the peace except upon the
oath or affirmation of the person making complaint that an offense
has been committed, and upon being satisfied, upon examination of
such person making complaint under oath, of the probable truth of
such charge.

19-6.

The justices of the peace in and for districts 3, 17, 21, 22, 24 and
25 shall at the first regular meeting of the County Commissioners
held in each month make a report in writing, verified under oath
made before the clerk of said commissioners, of all criminal cases
heard or tried before them during the preceding month, which report
shall state in each case the name of the defendant, the offense
charged, the name of the person upon whose complaint the warrant
was issued, the number of witnesses summoned, the name of the
officer serving the warrant and summons, the judgment rendered,
the amount of the fine or penalty imposed, the amount of costs taxed,
and the amount of the fine, penalty and costs collected by them; and
all such fines, penalties and costs, including constables' fees, which
the said justices are hereby required to collect, shall at the time of
their making said reports be paid to the order of said County Com-
missioners.

19-7.

The justices of the peace of districts three, seventeen, twenty-one,
twenty-two, twenty-four and twenty-five of said county shall each
receive for their services in criminal cases from the County Com-
missioners the sum of ninety-three dollars and seventy cents per
month, payable in cash or county order equivalent to cash, on the
day of his making his report as hereinbefore provided, and shall
not directly or indirectly charge or receive any other fees or compen-
sation for the hearing of criminal cases, except that he shall be
allowed the sum of thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents per month
by The City of Hagerstown for services rendered in cases for violation
of the ordinances of said town.

19-8.

The constables of Washington County, except in the third, seven-
teenth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth
districts, shall be entitled to the fees prescribed by Article 36, Section
14, of the Code of Public General Laws, for the particular services
rendered, except the fee allowed for serving summons for witnesses
and return, and for such services they shall be allowed the sum of
twenty cents for each of the first five witnesses summoned and
returned, and for each additional witness the sum of five cents; the
fees of the constables in and for the third, seventeenth, twenty-first,
twenty-second, twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth districts shall be the
same as are herein allowed constables in the other districts, but shall
be collected, paid to and accounted for by justices of the peace as