TALBOT COUNTY. 4597
JURISDICTION.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 21, sec. 118. 1884, ch. 510.

285. The several justices of the peace of Talbot, Dorchester, Mont-
gomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Howard, Caroline, Kent,
Charles, Calvert, Harford, Garrett, 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 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 pen-
alty 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
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 justice 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 b© 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.

P. L. L., 1SS8, Art. 21, sec. 119. 1884, ch. 510.

286. Constables in the said counties shall be entitled to the fees pre-
scribed by law for the particular services rendered by them under the
preceding section; and the said justices shall be entitled to charge for
their respective services in said criminal cases the following fees: For
issuing each State writ, twenty-five cents; for summoning all the wit-
nesses on both sides in any case, fifty cents; for each trial, one dollar; for
every commitment, twenty-five cents; for every release, twenty-five cents;