HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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them by the terms of this section, they shall call in a
third arbiter, a non-resident engineer, skilled in the
construction, or maintenance of highways, and bridges, to be
selected by the Governor of Maryland, on the application of
either of said engineers, in the event of them being unable
to agree on such third person, the decision of any two of
the board thus selected to be binding on the parties, and to
be final and conclusive, unless impeached for fraud as
aforesaid.

25-20.

All fines and forfeitures imposed by section 25-19
shall be recoverable [by warrant] BY THE CITY OF BALTIMORE
before [any Justice of the Peace] THE DISTRICT COURT in and
for the City of Baltimore, or in and for Baltimore County,
according to the respective jurisdiction under which any of
the offenses herein set forth may be committed[; one-half to
the informer and the other half to the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore].

25-34.

The said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is hereby
empowered at any and all times during the progress of the
work herein authorized and any and all parts thereof, at its
own expense, to maintain an efficient police service for the
purpose of preserving the public peace, protecting property
and preventing crime within the territory occupied or used
by it or its employees in the prosecution of said work, or
by the employees of contractors or sub-contractors engaged
on such work; the officers so employed by said City to have
the power to make arrests of persons offending within such
territory, wherever found within the State; such offenders
shall be tried in the county in which the offense may be
committed, and in the event of conviction and imposition of
a jail sentence, whether by the Circuit Court for such
county, or by the [Justices of the Peace] DISTRICT COURT
thereof, shall be committed to the Baltimore City Jail
instead of to the county jail; and, in all such cases, the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall reimburse the
county in which such offense is committed for all costs and
expenses actually incurred by it, including the sum of
eighty-five cents per day for every person committed for
trial to the jail of such county, in proceedings against,
and the trial and commitment of, such offenders, court costs
to be prorated by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for such
county upon the basis of time actually consumed in such
trials or other proceedings; all such costs to be adjusted
and paid semi-annually. Said police service as to any
county affected by the provisions of this subheading shall
be subject to the supervision and direction of the marshal
or chief of the police force of such county.

25-43.