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said terms of court and immediately upon the adjournment thereof] upon a certificate
from the Clerk of said court as to the amount due to each of the same.
(2) THE COUNTY TREASURER SHALL COLLECT AND HAVE READY MONEY
TO PAY EACH PROSPECTIVE, QUALIFIED, AND SWORN JUROR ON A CERTIFICATE
THAT IS SIGNED BY THE JURY COMMISSIONER AND STATES THE NUMBER OF DAYS
THAT EACH HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AT OR IN PROXIMITY TO
THE COURT FOR JURY SERVICE.
(C) Any failure upon the part of said County Commissioners to make said levy
as aforesaid shall be deemed a misdemeanor, for which they shall be liable to the
penalty of a fine of not [less than $25 nor] more than $100 each, upon conviction
[before a Justice of the Peace or the Circuit Court for Charles County as in the case
of other misdemeanors in which Justices of the Peace and the Circuit Court have
concurrent jurisdiction under the existing law].
(D) In case said Treasurer shall fail to collect said money, unless it shall be
known in his defense that the failure to collect the same was through no fault or
neglect on his part, he shall be similarly fined as in the case of the County
Commissioners as aforesaid and shall be liable to removal from office by said County
Commissioners upon conviction.
COMMITTEE NOTE: Ch.____, Acts of 2006, amended this section to: (1)
renumber it as subsections (a), (b)(1), (c), and (d); (2) delete the former
references to jury terms, for consistency with revised CJ Title 8; (3) delete
the former reference to "a Justice of the Peace or the Circuit Court for
Charles County as in the case of other misdemeanors in which Justices of
the Peace and the Circuit Court have concurrent jurisdiction under the
existing law", as jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases is in the District Court
and is not concurrent unless the authorized penalty is 3 years' confinement
or more or a fine of $2,500 or more. See current CJ §§ 4-301(b)(1) and
4-302(d)(1)(i); (4) delete the former reference to "jurors" in subsections (a)
and (b)(1); and (5) add subsection (b)(2). The addition provides for a "jury
commissioner", instead of the "clerk of the circuit court", to issue a
certificate and, for consistency with revised CJ §§ 8-425 and 8-429, refers
to "prospective, qualified, or sworn" jurors and attendance at or "in
proximity to" a court.
As renumbered subsections (a) and (b)(1) of this section do not relate to
jurors, no further change was made, although the references to witnesses
may be obsolete in light of Ch. 192, Acts of 2005.
The reference to "less than $25" in subsection (c) of this section is deleted
in light of the provisions on mandatory minimums in § 14-102 of the
Criminal Law Article.
As to levies for jury service, see revised CJ § 8-427(b).
Article 10 - Dorchester County
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