5222 ARTICLE 24.

tice of the peace in the county in which the offense is committed, and
jurisdiction original and concurrent with the Circuit Courts for the afore-
said counties is hereby given in such cases to the justices of the peace in
and for the aforesaid counties, respectively, in which the said offense is
committed, and the said justices of the peace shall have power to issue
all process and do all acts which may be necessary for the exercise of said
jurisdiction and may try and determine all such cases and may pronounce
judgment and sentence therein to the same extent as the Circuit Court
for such county could do in such cases, if such cases were tried before said
court without a jury; provided, however, that if any person when brought
before any such justice having jurisdiction in the case shall, before trial
for the alleged offense, pray a jury trial, or if the State's Attorney for
the county shall, before trial of such alleged offense, pray a jury trial on
the part of the State, it shall be the duty of such justice to commit such
alleged offender for trial, or to hold him to bail to appear for trial in the
Circuit Court for said county at its then or next 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 of the peace before whom the accused is
brought for trial shall, prior to the beginning of the trial, inform him of
his right to demand a trial by jury. If after trial before a justice of the
peace either party shall feel aggrieved by the judgment of such justice of
the peace, there shall be a right of appeal within ten days to the Circuit
Court for said county in which such justice resides.

1914, ch. 831. 1918, ch. 446. 1920 Code, sec. 150.

124. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to the shipment
or delivery to duly licensed pharmacists or druggists to be used in com-
pliance with existing laws and to hospitals in said counties of spirituous

or vinous liquors and alcohol, nor to the delivery to churches or proper

officers thereof of wine in unbroken packages for sacramental purposes.

NAVIGATION.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 24, sec. 146. 1920 Code, sec. 151.

125. All weirs and trees in Dividing Creek anywhere below where the
tide is known to run, which stop the passage of scows or timber, shall be
deemed nuisances, and may be taken out and destroyed as such by any
person.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 24, sec. 147. 1920 Code, sec. 152.

126. No person shall place or make any weir, or fell any tree across
or in said creek where the tide is known to run flood, under the penalty

of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of
the county, one-half to go to the informer or person who will sue for or
prosecute the same with effect, the other half to the use of the county,
to be applied towards the improvement of the navigation of said creek.