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1888, ch. 487. 1800, ch. 327. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 640.
656. The fee and charges of the Justice of the Peace and constables
under this Article shall be the following and no other: "First costs," to
the Justice of the Peace for preparing the written complaint and taking
the affidavit of the plaintiff thereto, twenty-five cents, and for issuing the
summons to the tenant and preparing attested copy, twenty-five cents;
"second costs," for every judgment rendered where there is no trial, twen-
ty-five cents; for every judgment rendered on trial, fifty cents, and ten
cents additional for every witness sworn or examined; "third costs," for
preparing and taking the bond of tenant in case of appeal, twenty-five
cents; for the warrant for re-entry (in case it be issued), twenty-five
cents; "first costs," to the constable for serving the summons, forty cents;
"second costs," for executing the warrant for re-entry, one dollar; and
any Justice of the Peace or constable who shall charge or receive more
than the actual fees prescribed for each specific act performed as the
case proceeds, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be subject to and pay a fine or penalty of not less than one
hundred dollars or more than three hundred dollars for each offence, one-
half thereof for the use of the State, and the other half thereof to the per-
son that shall first prefer the charge against such offender.

1914, ch. 331.

656 1/2. In all cases of any demise or agreement for rental, express or
implied, verbal or written, whether real estate or chattels real, within the
City of Baltimore, except as provided in Section 650 of this sub-title,
distraint for rent shall be made only by the Sheriff or a constable of Bal-
timore City, and all warrants for such distraint shall be directed only to
the Sheriff or a constable of Baltimore City.

LARCENY.

1900, ch. 739.

656A. No person in the City of Baltimore shall purchase from a child
or minor under the age of sixteen years any hardware, plumbing, gas or
electric fixtures, tools, household utensils, books, ornaments, jewelry,
poultry, or animals of any kind, unless the said child or minor under the
age of sixteen years is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, or
by some adult person known to the purchaser, who shall certify that the
said child or minor under the age of sixteen years has come by the goods
honestly, and has a right to sell the same.

1900, ch. 739.

656B. Any person offending against the preceding sections, and any
person falsely certifying that he knows the child or minor under the age
of sixteen years has obtained the goods honestly, and has a right to sell
the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or committed
to jail for not more than six months, or fined and imprisoned as aforesaid.