706 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. [ART, 52

the several Counties of this State, upon receipt of such commitment, to
forthwith obtain such prisoner if he be not in his custody.

This section has no application to prosecutions under article 56, section
157, dealing with violations of the motor vehicle law. Crichton v. State,
115. Md. 427.

As to criminal jurisdiction in general, see article 27, section 4S4, et seq.
See notes to this seciton (as it stood in 1911) in volume 1 of the Anno-
tated Code.

14.

This section referred to in construing article 56, section 157,—see notes
thereto. Crichton v. State, 115 Md. 432.

1914, ch. 499.

14A. Every justice of the peace, police justice or other similar
official in those offenses which he has jurisdiction to hear and deter-
mine may, in his discretion, issue a summons directed to the proper
officer requiring him to summons or give notice to the party whose at-
tendance is required of the nature and circumstances of the supposed
offence, and of the day and hour of the appearance of the accused before
such justice, of the peace, pojice justice or other similar officer; and a
copy of every such notice or summons shall be served upon the accused
which shall be returnable on a day to be stated in said summons or
notice, not exceeding five days from the time of issuing the same; but
the invalidity of any such notice or summons or of such service thereof
shall not affect the jurisdiction of such justice of the peace, police jus-
tice or other similar official if the accused party appears and the charge
is one of which the official issuing the notice or summons has jurisdic-
tion, and the said notice or summons may be amended.*

1914, ch. 499.

14B. Nothing in the preceding section shall prevent a justice of
the peace, police justice or other similar official from issuing a warrant
of arrest in the first instance, or at any time after the issuing of the
notice or summons mentioned in the preceding section, and when the
warrant of arrest is issued it shall supersede and nullify any outstand-
ing notice or summons issued under the provisions of the last preced-
ing section.*

Process and Practice.

1904, art. 52, sec. 31. 1900, ch. 11. 1904, ch. 89, sec. 29A. 1912, ch. 383.
33. In all actions or proceedings before any justice of the peace in
this State, and appeals therefrom the partnership of parties the incor-
poration of any body corporate and the representative character of any
party suiiig or being sued, and the genuineness of any signature, pur-
porting to be the signature of the defendant upon any paper filed as
the cause of action in such actions or proceedings, shall be taken as
admitted for the purpose of such action or proceeding, unless the fact

*In effect September 1, 1914.