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offender shall reside in said election district or the offense or crime com-
plained of shall have arisen in the election district for which such justice
of the peace has been appointed; provided, however, that if there be no-
qualified justice of the peace in the election district in which the offender
resides or in which the crime or offense arose, then the justice of the peace
of any election district shall have jurisdiction to issue his warrant for try-
ing such offender in the manner prescribed by law; and provided, further,
that the qualified justices of the peace of the town of Frostburg and Cum-
berland shall have jurisdiction to try offenses arising in their respective
towns; and provided, further, that the qualified justices of the peace of
election districts, numbered 10, 15, 27 and 25 shall have concurrent juris-
diction to try offenses arising in any one of said election districts, and
that upon the suggestion in writing of the State's attorney of Allegany
County that the interest of justice so require, such warrant may be issued
by any magistrate of the county, and if it has been issued before such
suggestion of the State's attorney, such case may be removed to some other
justice of the peace by the magistrate who first issued his warrant in the
premises, and it shall not be lawful for any magistrate to issue his war-
rant against any resident of said county authorizing his arrest, or to try
any such offender after his arrest unless the alleged offender shall reside
in said election district, or the offense or crime complained of shall have
arisen in the election district for which such justice of the peace has been
appointed; provided, however, that if there be no justice of the peace in
the election district in which the offender resides, or in which the crime
or offense arose, then the justice of the peace of any adjoining district shall
have jurisdiction to issue his warrant for and try such offender in the
manner prescribed by law.*

DISTRAINT.

1929, ch. 360. sec. 180A.

360. All distraints for rent in Allegany County shall only be issued
by the Justice or Justices of the Peace for the District in which the prop-
erty for the rent of which the distraint is issued is located, but said dis-
traints shall be valid in any part of said county in which goods subject
to distraint for said rent may be found.

See secs. 379-380.

1929, ch. 369, sec. 180B.

361. Every constable, bailiff or other person levying any distraint in
Allegany County shall, in the event of any sale under said distraint, make
a sworn written report of said sale, stating the date of sale, the goods sold,
the amount received for each article, and the name and/or names of the
purchaser and/or purchasers, and shall return said statement to the Jus-

*See secs. 324-356, which have probably superseded this section in most particu-
lars.