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of the State, the said Police Justice may continue said case for such
time, and to be heard at such place as in his judgment may be reasonable
and just, provided that should said case be continued at the instance of
either party, the said Police Justice shall take the same bail for later
appearance as herein provided for accused's first appearance before said
Justice, and he may exact, if in his judgment he deem necessary, the
same security or collateral of the witnesses for the State as required for
their first appearance before said Police Justice. And provided further
that should said case have originated before any other Justice of the
Peace for violation of any town ordinance of any incorporated town
in said County, the said Police Justice shall docket a case in the
name of such incorporated town against said accused, and the same pro-
cedure shall be followed as herein provided for in other cases transmitted
to said Police Justice for trial.

1927, ch. 426, sec. 6.

583. The Police Justice in this Act provided for shall have civil juris-
diction in all cases for the enforcement of contracts, and to obtain redress
for wrongs where debt or damages shall not exceed $250; to all suits.
on bonds with penalty exceeding $250 where the sum due and claimed
does not exceed $250; to actions of replevin where the value of the thing
in controversy does not exceed $250, and which value shall be ascertained-
by appraisers summoned and sworn by the sheriff or other officer to
whom the writ of replevin is directed; and to all cases of attachment
against non-resident or absconding debtors where the sum claimed does
not exceed $250; and to all cases of attachment in any of the cases men-
tioned in Section 36 of Article 9 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
where the sum claimed shall not exceed $250; provided, that nothing
herein contained shall be held or construed to affect suits pending on the
first day of June, 1927, nor judgments then existing; and likewise-
jurisdiction in all other cases as provided either by the Code of Public
General or Public Local Laws, or town ordinances, where the sum due
and claimed shall not exceed $250. And in all civil cases originating
before some Justice of the Peace other than the Police Justice the
parties litigant, either plaintiff or defendant shall have the right of
removal to said Police Justice by making affidavit in the usual form and
before hearing begun, that a fair and impartial trial of said case can not
be had before the Justice of the Peace where said civil action was insti-
tuted. And provided further that where by town ordinance of any incor-
porated town in Prince George's County, jusrisdiction is conferred upon
a Justice of the Peace to hear and determine any violation of said ordi-
nance or ordinances, or where said Justice of the Peace other than the
Police Justice shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any criminal
violation of town ordinance or ordinances, in either event, the parties
litigant, plaintiff or defendant in case of a criminal violation of said
ordinance or ordinances shall have the right of removal to the Police-
Justice by making the affidavit as herein provided.