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BALTIMORE CITY.

Case of

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if any of the said accused

requiring a
jury trial.

shall signify to the court that he, she or they, prefer having a

jury trial, the court shall take bail for such as can give secu-

rity, to appear at the next regular term, or commit him or her to

jail for want of security, as the case may be, at which regular

term such proceedings shall be had, as in other criminal cases.

Fees

SEC. 5. And bo it enacted, That the prosecutor for the state,

and other officers of the court, bhall be entitled to the same fees

in such cases, as they would be entitled to charge if present-

ments had been found by a grand jury.

The states

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That U shall not be the duty of

attorney
may object

the said court to inquire into the facts charged in any indict-

ment, upon the plea of not guilty, if the attorney general or his

deputy should object to the same, but that in t»uch case a jury

Grand jury

shall be sworn ; Provided always, that nothing in this act shall

may present

be construed to restrain the grand Junes attending said court for

presenting and indicting for any of said offences that shall not

have been tned, or be remaining for trial before the said court,

at its weekly sessions, a list of which cases shall be furnished

them by the clerk of said court.

Act of 1821,

SEC, 7. And be it enacted, That the act, entitled, an act relat-

ch 229.
repealed

ing to crimes and punishments in the city of Baltimore, passed

at the session of eighteen hundred and twenty-one, chapter

two hundred and twenty nine, be, and the same is hereby

repealed.

COLLECTOR AND COMMISSIONER OF TAXES— AND COUNTY

CHARGES.

See 1794, ch 53, ante page 306.

1797, ch 90, was repealed by 1803, ch 92, which was merged, except

the 4th sec. in 1812, ch 191. See ante page 489

See 1817, ch 142, post, 'Baltimore County,' title, 'Collector and Com-

missioners of Tax '

See 1821, ch. 74, 'Baltimore County,' title same as above.

See 1821, ch 252; sec 4, ante page 1429, which provides that the law

relating to the collection of county charges, shall be applicable to the city

of Baltimore.

AN additional SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act relating to the

City of Baltimore —1827, ch 80

Commis-

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

sioners of

That the board of commissioners of the tax for the city of

tax abol-
ished.

Baltimore be, and the same is hereby abolished, and all the

Powers

powers lawfully exercised by, or vested in it, and all the duties

vested in

required by law to be performed by said commissioners shall be

mayor and
city council

vested in, and performed by the mayor and council of Baltimore.

Books and

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the mayor and city council

papers.

of Baltimore be, and they are herieby authorized to receive and