CAROLINE COUNTY. 1641

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 6, sec. 184. 1886, ch. 229.

354. All civil process issued by any justice of the peace in Caroline
County shall be directed to a constable of said county, to be served or
executed by him according to law.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 6, sec. 185. 1860, Art. 6, sec. 139.

355. A judgment of a justice of the peace in Caroline County shall be
a lien on the lands and tenements of the defendant in such judgment
lying in said county, from the time a short copy of such judgment shall
be filed in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for Caroline County.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 6, sec. 186. 1870, ch. 434.

356. The justices of the peace in and for Caroline, Carroll, Charles,
Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, Worcester,
Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties shall have jurisdiction over and may
take cognizance of all actions of assult and battery in which the dam-
ages claimed do not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars; and also
Criminal jurisdiction in all cases of assault and battery committed in said
counties, unless it shall appear to the said justices of the peace, upon the
hearing of the case, that the said assault and battery was committed with
intent to kill.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 6, sec. 187. 1870, ch. 434.

357. In all such cases before the justices of the peace in and for the

counties above named, either party shall be allowed an appeal to the

circuit court for the county in which the offence was committed, where
they shall be tried de novo, and all such appeals shall be taken in such
manner as is now provided for by law in other cases of appeals from
judgments of justices of the peace.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 6, sec. 188. 1874, ch. 311.

358. The several justices of the peace for the said counties are author-
ized and required to pay to the County Commissioners of said counties,

every three months, all the money or moneys they may have in hand at
such times, arising from fines or penalties imposed under the two pre-
ceding sections.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 6, sec. 189. 1884, ch, 510.

359. The several justices of the peace of Caroline, Calvert, Charles,
Dorchester, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince

George's, St. Clary's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico, Anne
Arundel and Allegany Counties shall have, in addition to the jurisdic-
tion which they now possess, and which may be conferred upon them by

or under the laws of this State, jurisdiction concurrent with that exer-
cised by the circuit courts for said counties in all cases of assault without

any felonious intent; and in all cases of assault and battery, and in all
cases of petit larceny, when the value of the property stolen does not