4864 ARTICLE 22.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 269. 1860, Art. 21, sec. 208.

553. The clerk shall, on the application of the plaintiff in any such
judgment, issue execution thereon, directed to the sheriff, and returnable
before the circuit court for said county.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 270. 1884, ch. 510.

554. The several justices of the peace of Washington, Talbot, Dor-
chester, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Howard,
Caroline, Kent, Charles, Calvert, Harford, Garrett, 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 confine-
ment in the penitentiary, which may be committed within their respective
jurisdictions; and shall have jurisdiction in all prosecutions or proceed-
ings 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 penalty or by imprisonment in jail or in the Maryland house of
correction; all of which acts or omissions are hereby declared to be crim-
inal 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 inter-
vention 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 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 offence was committed 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 commit-
ment 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 tie case is tried shall inform the person
charged, of his right to a jury trial.

1902, ch. 113.

555. It shall be the duty of the justices of the peace of Washington
county in criminal cases when persons are arrested and brought before
them, charged with offenses whereof the said justices have trial jurisdic-
tion, to admit such persons to bail, if good and sufficient bail is offered,