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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to the fourth Article of Public Local Laws, to he
arranged under sub-title " Courts," to follow Sec-
tion one hundred and seventy-three and be num-
bered as sub-Sections one and two.

1. The Judge, before whom any case may here-
after be tried, in either the Baltimore City Court,
the Superior Court of Baltimore City, or in the
Court of Common Pleas, shall have exclusive juris-
diction to hear and determine, and the said Judge
shall hear and determine, all motions for a new

Judge to hear
and determine

trial where such motions arise, either on questions
of fact or for misdirection upon any matters of law,
and all motions in arrest of judgment or upon any
matters of law, determined by the said Judge, and
all such motions shall be heard and determined
within thirty days after they are made.

Not to file
Paper Book.

2. In no case hereafter, shall either the plaintiff
or defendant be required to file a " Paper Book "
of evidence or brief in either of the Courts in the
City of Baltimore.

In force.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 31, 1870.

CHAPTER 178.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioner
of Kent County to open and enlarge the public
road in said County, passing through the vil-
lage known as Massey's Cross Roads in said
County.

May enlarge
or widen road

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the County Commissioners of
Kent County he, and they are hereby authorized
and empowered to enlarge and widen the public
road running through the village known as Mas-
sey's Cross Roads in said County, and to enlarge
the same twenty-five feet on either side in addition
to the present width, and that their mode of pro-
ceeding shall be according to the provisions of the
twenty-eighth Article of the Code of Public Gene-