2110 ARTICLE 9.

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. 9, sec. 85. 1874, ch. 311.

156. 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 mouths, 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. 9, sec, 86. 1884, ch. 510.

157. The several justices of the peace of Charles, Calvert, Caroline,
Dorchester, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince
George's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico, Anne
Arundel and Allegany 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 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 exceed
the sum of five dollars, and in all misdemeanors not punishable by con-
finement in the penitentiary, which may be committed within their re-
spective jurisdictions; 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 pun-
ishable 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 offenses; 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 offence pray a jury trial, or if the State's Attorney
for said county shall, before the trial of such alleged offence, pray a
jury trial on the part of the State, it shall be the duty of any such jus-
tice to commit such alleged offender for trial in the Circuit Court for the
county in which the offence 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 recognizance, with the names and residences
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.