4598 ARTICLE 21.

for taking recognizances in each case reported to the circuit court, twenty-
five cents each; for each attachment for contempt, twenty-five cents.

P. L. K, 1888, Art. 21, sec. 120. 1884, ch. 510.

287. The aforesaid fees of said constables and justices for said coun-
ties shall be taxed against and paid by the party against whom judgment
shall be rendered, unless he or she be discharged therefrom by due course
of law; if such party against whom judgment is rendered is unable to pay
the same, such fees shall be paid by the county wherein said judgment
was rendered; and all fines and penalties received by any justice under
the provisions of section 285, shall be accounted for and wholly paid with-
out abatement or deduction therefrom by such justice to the county com-
missioners of the county wherein they are collected, for the use of said
county; and no part of any fine or penalty enforced or collected under said
section shall be paid to any informer.

1914, ch. 385.

288. The several Justices of the Peace of Talbot County, in addition
to the jurisdiction on which they now possess, or which may be conferred
upon them by or under the laws of this State, are hereby invested with
and shall have hereafter, jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all cases
involving the charge of any offense, crime or misdemeanor not punishable
by confinement in the penitentiary, or involving a felonious intent (in-
cluding all cases of assault and battery, as well as all cases of assault with-
out any felonious intent), which may be committed within their respective
jurisdictions; and shall have jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all
prosecutions or proceedings for the recovery of any penalty for doing or
omitting to do any act within their respective jurisdictions, the doing of
which, or the omission to do which, is made punishable under the laws
of this State by any pecuniary fine or penalty, or by imprisonment in
jail or in the Maryland House of Correction, all of which acts or omis-
sions are hereby declared to be criminal offenses, and may pronounce judg-
ment and sentence in all such cases coming before them in the same man-
ner and to the said extent as the Circuit Court for said County could if
such case had been tried before said Court; provided, however, that the
accused, when brought before any such Justice having jurisdiction in the
case, upon being informed of his right to a jury trial, waives said right,
and elects to be tried before said Justice, and provided further that a
jury trial be not prayed in such case on the part of the State by the State's
Attorney, and it shall be the duty of the Justice before whom the case is
tried, to inform the person accused with his right to a jury trial. And
in all cases where the accused elects to be tried by a jury, or where a jury
trial is prayed by the State, the Justice shall take from the accused his
recognizance with sufficient security conditional for his personal appear-
ance to answer said charge at the then session (if there be a session) of the
Circuit Court for Talbot County, or the next session of said Court, if it
be not then in session; and in default of the accused entering into such
recognizance, the Justice shall commit him to jail for his appearance at