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Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved May 6, 1963.

CHAPTER 833
(House Bill 670)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments Section 444 109 of
Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supplement),
title "Courts," subtitle "Municipal Court of Baltimore City," to
increase the jurisdiction of said Court by giving the said Court
authority to try persons accused of certain enumerated offenses,
and by providing that the said Court shall have power to issue
Writs of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum and Ad Prosequendam
and shall have all powers and duties as were vested in the Justices
of the Peace, Magistrates, Magistrates-at-large, and Chief Police
Magistrates of Baltimore City on the day immediately preceding
the first Monday of May, 1961; to provide that a Municipal Court
Judge shall have the power, in the interests of justice, to waive
jurisdiction before a verdict is rendered in any case within the
jurisdiction of said Court; and relating generally to Baltimore City
Grand Jury action with respect to offenses within the jurisdiction
of the Municipal Court; and further relating generally to the
division of Criminal Jurisdiction in Baltimore City between the
Municipal Court of Baltimore City and the Criminal Court of
Baltimore.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 114 109 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1962 Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "Municipal Court of
Baltimore City," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Section 444 109.

(a) Said Court shall have jurisdiction to hear, try and determine
the case of every person who may be charged with the commission,
in the City of Baltimore, of any one or more of the offenses herein-
after set forth. All references to "Maryland Code" are to the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1957 Ed.). All references to "City Code"
are to Flack's Baltimore City Code (1950 Ed.). All references to
"Charter" are to Flack's Charter and Public Local Laws of Baltimore
City (1949 Ed.). All references are to such statutes as amended prior
to the effective date of this subtitle and as said statutes may be hereby
or hereafter amended, repealed and re-enacted, modified or changed.

(1)   Abandoned or unattended icebox violations under City Code,
Article 24, Section 12A (Ordinance 1151, approved June 29, 1954)
and Maryland Code, Article 27, Section 334.

(2)   Alcoholic beverage offenses concerning minors or intoxicated
persons under City Code, Article 24, Sections 30 through 31, Mary-
land Code, Article 27, Sections 400 through 403, and Maryland Code,
Article 2B, Section 118.