JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

shall be imposed; and if in separate cases, a fine of three dol-
lars shall be imposed in each case; but the payment of one
fine and all the costs shall entitle all the parties to be dis-
charged.

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It shall be sufficient if the warrant or charge sets forth —
that the defendants (naming them) unlawfully kept or har-
bored a certain dog within the limits of Cambridge for the
space often days, between the first day of July, A. D. ———— ,
and the ———— day of ———— , A. D. The second date shall
be the date on which the warrant of arrest is issued. A new
prosecution may be sustained on proper evidences as often as
the parties who are liable keep or harbor such dog for ten
days after the previous prosecution has terminated. When
it is uncertain who is the controlling tenant or occupant of
the premises whereupon the dog is kept, the justice before
whom the complaint is about to be made may issue a sub-
pcena for and compel the attendance of any witness, in order
that he may be able to obtain a full and proper information.

The Commissioners shall have full power and authority to
pass any ordinance or ordinances for promoting the execution,
carrying out and enforcing of the provisions of this section.

JURISDICTION IN TRIAL OF MUNICIPAL OFFENSES.

How
prosecuted.

AU. The violation of any provision under and belonging
to the sub-title "Cambridge," as a sub-title of Article 10
aforesaid; any violation of any ordinance passed by the Com-
missioners of said town shall be a misdemeanor, and all such
misdemeanors may be tried before any justice of the peace of
Election District No. 7 of said county, and of any elec-
tion district thereof which adjoins or borders on said
Election District No. 7; provided, that any defendant or
defendants in such cases shall before the trial be notified of his
right to a jury trial, and in any such case the State's Attorney
for said county and the defendant or defendants therein shall
respectively possess a right to have the case removed to the
Circuit Court for said county, where they can have a jury-
trial; provided further, that the State's Attorney for said
county or the defendant or defendants may respectively
remove a case from any justice of the peace that has charge
thereof to another justice of the peace for trial, and a case
removed shall stand for hearing on the eighth day from the date
of removal, unless such day falls on Sunday, then it shall
stand for trial on the day following; but the same party shall
not be entitled to more than one removal; provided further,
such cases shall be tried on the warrant before the justice or

Jurisdiction
in trial of
municipal
offenses.