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shall be entitled to one removal, unless both parties shall agree to have said
suit, action or issue tried before some certain justice of the peace in elec-
tion districts Nos. 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 24, 26, 27, 28, then said cause
shall be moved to the said justice of the peace having been agreed upon
by the parties.*

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 1, sec. 182. 1884, ch. 510.

367. The several justices of the peace of Allegany, Montgomery,
Prince George's, Harford, Calvert, Anne Arundel, Wicomico, Caroline.
Talbot, St. Mary's, Garrett, Howard, Somerset, Washington, Dorchester,
Kent, and Charles Counties shall have, in addition to the jurisdiction which
they now possess, and which may be conferred upon them by or under the
laws of this State, jurisdiction concurrent with that exercised by the Cir-
cuit Courts for said counties in all cases of assault without and felonious
intent; and in all cases of assault and battery, and in all cases of petit lar-
ceny, when the value of the property stolen does not exceed the sum of
five dollars, and in all misdemeanors not punishable by confinement in the
penitentiary, which may be committed within their respective jurisdic-
tions; and shall have jurisdiction in all prosecutions or proceedings for
the recovery of any penalty for doing or omitting to do any act, the doing
of which, or the omission to do which, is made punishable under the laws
of this State, within their said jurisdiction by any pecuniary fine or penalty
or by imprisonment in jail or in the Maryland House of Correction; all of
which acts or omissions are hereby declared to be criminal offences; and
the said justices shall have power to issue all process and to do all acts
which may be necessary to the exercise of their said jurisdiction, and
may try and determine all cases whereof they may have jurisdiction,
and may pronounce judgment and sentence therein in the same manner
and to the same extent as the Circuit Court for said counties could in such
cases, if such cases were tried before them without the intervention of a
jury; provided, however, that if any person, when brought before any such
justice having jurisdiction of the case, shall before trial for the alleged
offense pray a jury trial, or if the State's attorney for said county shall,
before the trial of such alleged offense, pray a jury trial on the part of
the State, it shall be the duty of any such justice to commit such alleged
offender for trial in the Circuit Court for the county in which the offense
was committed at its then session, if it be then in session, or at its next
session, if it be not then in session, and to return said commitment or recog-
nizance, with the names and residence of the witnesses for the prosecution
endorsed thereon, forthwith to the clerk of the said court; and the justice
before whom the case is tried shall inform the person charged of his right
to a jury trial.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 1, sec. 183. 1884, ch. 510.

368. Constables in the said counties shall be entitled to the fees pre-
scribed by law for the particular services rendered by them under the pre

*See secs. 324-356.