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appointed engage directly or indirectly in the practice of the law; in case
of vacancy, death, removal from office, resignation or otherwise, the Gov-
ernor shall appoint a duly qualified person or persons to serve for the
unexpired term of said Justice or Justices; the term of office or the com-
pensation of said Justices shall not be diminished during the term for
which they, or either of them are appointed.

Compensation.

1927, ch. 297, sec. 179B.

326. Said Justices of the Peace, shall each receive an annual salary of
thirty-six hundred dollars per year, payable in monthly installments of
$300.00 each; the sum of $250.00 per month each shall be paid by the
County Commissioners for Allegany County, and the sum of $50.00 per
month each, shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland,
Md., which said salary shall be in lieu of all fees and costs, in both civil
and criminal cases, all of which said fees and costs (including costs in
motor vehicle cases) shall be paid to the Treasurer of Allegany County,
Maryland, in the same manner as costs and fees are paid to the County
Treasurer of Allegany County by the City Magistrate for Cumberland,
Maryland.

Criminal and Peace Jurisdiction.

1927, ch. 297, sec. 179C.

327. Said Justices of the Peace shall have jurisdiction to try and
determine all cases or causes involving any offense, crime, or misdemeanor,
not punishable by confinement in the penitentiary, or involving a felonious
intent, which may be committed within the confines of Allegany County,
which said jurisdiction shall be exercised as concurrent with the Circuit
Court for Allegany County; and they shall have jurisdiction to hear, try
and determine all prosecutions and proceedings for the recovery of any
penalty for doing or omitting to do any act within Allegany County, the
doing of which or omission to do which, is made punishable under the
laws of this State, by fine or imprisonment in jail or the House of Cor-
rection or any House of Detention; they shall have power to issue process
and do all other reasonable acts consistent with existing law, necessary
for the exercise of said jurisdiction; and they may pronounce judgment
and sentence in all cases coming before them within their jurisdiction in
the same manner and to the same extent as the Circuit Court might do;
provided, however, that the accused when brought before said Justices
shall have a right to demand a jury trial, or the State's Attorney for Alle-
gany County may demand a jury trial, or after judgment an appeal may
be taken by the accused or by the State; in which case the accused shall
be admitted to bail and recognizance taken and the cause transmitted to
the Circuit Court as a criminal appeal or recognizance filed as is now
provided by law. Said Justices shall have jurisdiction to hold such hear-