Each special State constable appointed under the provisions of this chapter shall have the additional authority to issue an official summons to any person apprehended for violating a traffic law, and such summons, duly served, shall give the proper judicial officer jurisdiction to dispose of the matter after trial upon the date set in the summons, and such constable is authorized to release the person so charged for future appearance before the proper judicial officer upon such person's own recognizance.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-735.1; 1956 (49) 1581.