ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. 469

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 in-
tent; and in all cases of assault and battery, and in all cases of petit lar-
ceny, 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 peni-
tentiary, which may be committed within their respective jurisdictions;
and shall have jurisdiction in all prosecutions or proceedings for the recov-
ery 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 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; pro-
vided, however, that if any person, when brought before any such justice
having jurisdiction of the case, shall before trial for the alleged offense
pray a jury trial, or if the State's Attorney for said county shall, before
the trial of such alleged offense, 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 offense was commit-
ted 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.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 2, sec. 178. 1890, ch. 316. 1914 Code, sec. 275.
360. Constables in Anne Arundel County shall be entitled to the fees
prescribed by the now existing laws for the particular services rendered
by them under the preceding section, except the fee now allowed for
serving summons for witnesses and return, and for such services they
shall be allowed the sum of twenty cents for each of the first three witnesses
so summoned and returned, and for each additional witness the sum of
five cents; and should the Sheriff for said county perform such duties he
and the said justices shall be entitled to charge for their services in said
cases and in all other criminal cases tried or heard before them, the
following fees: For issuing each State writ, twenty-five cents; for sum-
moning all the witnesses on both sides in any case, fifty cents; for each
trial, one dollar; for every commitment, twenty-five cents; for every re-
lease, twenty-five cents; for taking recognizance in each case reported to
the Circuit Court, including witnesses, twenty-five cents; for each attach-
ment for contempt, twenty-five cents; no warrant shall be issued by any
justice of the peace of said county to any constable or to the Sheriff of