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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 434.

AN ACT to extend the jurisdiction of Justices of
the Peace in and for Dorchester, Kent, Caroline,
Calvert, Carroll, Queen Anne's, Anne Arundel,
Prince George's, Harford, Charles and Worces-
ter Counties, to cases of assault and battery.

Extend juris-
diction.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Justices of the Peace in and
for Dorchester, Kent, Caroline, Calvert, Carroll,
Queen Anne's, Anne Arundel, Prince George's,
Harford, Charles and Worcester Counties, shall
have jurisdiction over and may take cognizance of
all actions of assault and battery in which the
damages claimed do not exceed the sum of one
hundred dollars; and also criminal jurisdiction in
all cases of assault and battery committed in said
counties, unless it shall appear to the said Justices
of the Peace, upon the hearing of the case, that
the said assault and battery was committed with
intent to kill.

Appeal.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That in all cases here-
after tried under this Act before the Justices of the
Peace in and for the counties above named, either
party shall be allowed an appeal to the Circuit
Court of the county in which the offence was com-
mitted, where they shall be tried de novo, and all
such appeals shall be taken in such manner as is
now provided for by law in other cases of appeals
from judgments of Justices of the Peace.

Approved April 4, 1870.

CHAPTER 435.

AN ACT to amend Section one hundred and forty,
Article nine, of the Code of Public Local Laws
for Charles County, title "Sheriff," by adding
an additional clause to said section, regulating
the compensation of the Sheriff for prisoners
confined in jail.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Section one hundred and forty,