1640 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 847]

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts so
far as the same applies to Montgomery, Talbot and St. Mary's
counties, inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 846.

AN ACT to repeal section 19 of Article 51 of the Code of Public
General Laws, title "Juries," and re-enact the same with
amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 19 of Article 51 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted to
read as follows:

SEC. 19. The right of peremptory challenge shall be allowed
to any person who shall be tried on presentment or indictment
for any crime or misdemeanor, the punishment whereof by law
is death or confinement in the penitentiary, and to the State
on the trial of such indictment or presentment; but the accused
shall not challenge more than twenty nor the State more than ten
jurors, without assigning cause.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 847.

AN ACT to repeal section 745 of Article 4 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland, entitled "City of Baltimore,"
sub-title "Police Commissioners," as the same was repealed
and re-enacted by Chapter 123 of the Acts of 1898, as
repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 425 of the Acts of 1900,
as repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 129 of the Acts of
1906, as repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 234 of the Acts
of 1908, and to re-enact the said section with amendments,
and to add thereto an additional section, to follow section
745, to be known and designated as section 745 1/2, said
section 745 1/2 relating to the grading of patrolmen.