JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

writing to the clerk of said court, for that purpose, who shall
docket the same, and it shall be the duty of the judged of said
court or any of them, to appoint an early day for hearing said
case ; and the same shall be proceeded on in the same manner
and to the same legal effect, as if it had been submitted on pre-
sentment or indictment found by the grand jury; and the clerk
and prosecutor shall be entitled to the same fees as in cases of
presentment by the grand jury.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the sheriff of Baltimore
county, shall bring into court when he brings the accused, the
original commitment or a copy thereof, and file the same with
the clerk of said city court,

AN ACT relating to Justices of the Peace in the City of Baltimore.
1821, ch. 249.

Sheriff shall
produce
original
commit*
ment

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, the governor and
council shall be and they are hereby authorized and directed, to
appoint and commission thirty-six justices of the peace in and
for the city of Baltimore, to be styled in their commission, jus-
tices of the peace in and for the city of Baltimore.

36 justices
to be ap-
pointed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the justices so appointed
shall be governed by (except as is herein otherwise provided)
all the laws of this state relating to other justices of the peace
of this state.

Govern-
ment.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no justice of the peace
appointed by virtue of this act, shall issue a warrant for debt,
except on the application of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in person,
or of his, her or their agent or attorney thereunto authorized,
other than a constable.

Warrants.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That no justice of the peace Ap-
pointed by virtue of this act, shall issue any execution, on
any judgment rendered by any such justice, except on the
application of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in person, or of his, her
or their agent or attorney thereunto authorized, other than a
constable.

Plaintiff to
order
executions.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That no person residing in Balti-
timore county without the limits of the city, shall be liable to
be arrested for debt on a warrant or other process from a justice
of the peace within the city of Baltimore, except in cases of
debts contracted within said city. And that no person residing
within the limits of the city shall be liable to be arrested for
debt on warrant or other process from a justice of the peace of
Baltimore county, except in cases of debts contracted within
said county.

Citizens of
county and
city re-
spectively
not to be
arrested.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That no justice of the peace ex-
cept those who are appointed by virtue of this act, shall in any
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Authority
limited.