2776 ARTICLE 12.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 131. 1882, ch. 379.

237. If it shall happen that the name of such offender is unknown, he
shall be proceeded against with such personal description as will identify
him.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 132. 1878, ch. 108.

238. Every constable in said county, in addition to the fifty cents
allowed by law for delivering to the sheriff any person on commitment,
shall receive six and a quarter cents per mile for every mile over four
miles he may have to travel in the performance of such duty.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 133. 1878, ch. 108.

239. Every constable who may find it necessary to summon any person
to assist him in taking to jail any person on commitment, shall summon
a constable, if one be convenient, and such constable or other person sum-
moned for that purpose shall be entitled to the fees and mileage fixed in
the preceding section.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 134. 1886, ch. 86. 1888, ch. 5.

240. In any suit or action, before a justice of the peace, in Garrett
county, where the plaintiff is not a resident of the State of Maryland, the
justice of the peace shall, upon motion of the defendant, require the plain-
tiff to give security for the payment of the costs and charges which may
be recovered against him in such action. When such security is required,
in any case, the plaintiff shall be entitled to a continuance for not less
than six nor more than fourteen days, and if the security required be not
then given, he shall be non-suited.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 135. 1886, ch. 86. 1888, ch. 5.

241. In all cases of appeal from justices of the peace in said county
to the circuit court, the plaintiff, if he be a non-resident of the State of
Maryland, may be required to give security for costs in the same man-
ner and to the same extent, in all respects, as if the cause had originated
in the circuit court for said county.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 12, sec. 136. 1884, ch. 510.

242. The several justices of the peace of Garrett, Dorchester, Caroline,
Charles, Calvert, 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 cir-
cuit 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 confinement
in the penitentiary, which may be committed within their respective juris-
dictions; and shall have jurisdiction in all prosecutions or proceedings for