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ing or hearings as may be demanded in criminal causes generally, or in
which they have no jurisdiction to finally determine, and may hold the
accused for the Grand Jury agreeably to existing law; in case of homicide
they may hold the accused for the action of the County Coroner and in
the absence of the County Coroner, they may perform his duties.

Civil Jurisdiction.

1927, ch. 297, sec. 179D.

328. Said Justices of the Peace shall have civil jurisdiction in all
cases for the collection of debts, enforcement of contracts and for redress
for wrongs where the debt or the damage claimed shall not exceed the sum
of three hundred dollars, to all suits on bonds where the penalty does not
exceed three hundred dollars; to all actions of replevin where the value
of the thing in controversy, after being duly appraised, shall not exceed
the sum of three hundred dollars; to all cases of attachment against resi-
dent, non-resident or absconding debtors, and to all cases of attachment
mentioned in the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, where the
sum claimed does not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars; and to
all other civil causes where the sum claimed does not exceed the sum of
three hundred dollars, all exclusive of costs; and said Justices shall have
jurisdiction to try and determine all of said causes and the controversy
thereof between the parties upon a full hearing of all the allegations and
evidence, and shall give judgment according to the Law of the Land" and
the equity, justice and right of the matter. But said justices shall not
have jurisdiction where the title to land is involved, or in any action for
slander, libel, breach of promise to marry, or to enforce any lien for
work done or material furnished.

Authority of Police Magistrate.

1927, ch. 297, sec. 179E.

329. Said justices shall possess the same authority and powers that
the City Police Magistrate for the City of Cumberland now has; and each
one of said justices shall act as and sit as the City Police Magistrate for
Cumberland at the Police Court for the period of six months in each year;
and they shall have, when sitting as City Police Magistrate during their
term, jurisdiction to try and determine all causes that shall arise from
the violation of the Charter, Ordinances and Rules and Regulatious of
the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland, Maryland, to the same extent
and in the same manner as it is now exercised by the Justice of the Peace
who sits as City Police Magistrate for Cumberland, Maryland.

Right of Removal.
1927. ch. 297. sec. 179P.

330. Said Justices shall, in all causes brought before them sit indi-
vidually and not en banc; and the right of removal from one to another,