260 LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 144. |
Passed Mar.
20, 1867. |
AN ACT to repeal the first section of Article
forty-three of the Code of Public General Laws,
title Habeas Corpus, and to re-enact the game
with amendments. |
Repealed,
amended and
re-enacted. |
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section one of Article forty-
three of the Code of Public General Laws be
and the same is hereby repealed, amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows : |
The several
Courts to have
jurisdiction. |
Sec. —. The several Circuits Courts of this
State, the Superior Court of Baltimore city and
the Circuit Court for Baltimore city and the several
and respective Judges thereof, out of court, and
each of the Judges of the Court of Appeals shall
have jurisdiction over the whole State in all mat-
ters relative to Habeas Corpus, except those in-
volving the relation of master and apprentice, and
the Criminal Court of Baltimore city and the
Judge thereof, out of court, within the limits
of said city, shall have jurisdiction in matters
relative to Habeas Corpus only in cases in which
it shall appear by the application for the writ that
the person applying is committed, detained, con-
fined or restrained of his liberty on a criminal
charge of which the said Criminal Court has
jurisdiction, and the said Criminal Court and
Judge thereof shall not have or exercise any ju-
risdiction whatever in any case involving the
validity or legal effect of any contract or inden-
ture of apprenticeship. |
In force. |
Sec. —. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage. |
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