660 ARTICLE 3.

may require, or as he may be required by the County Commissioners or
by the State's Attorney for Baltimore County; said justice of the peace
so selected from the Ninth Election District to sit at his office at Tow-
son, in said district, shall keep his office open every day (Sunday ex-
cepted) at such hours and times as his duties may require, or as he may
be required to do by the County Commissioners or the State's Attorney
for Baltimore County; and the said justice of the peace so selected from
the Thirteenth Election District to sit at the station house at St. Denis,
in said district, shall keep his office at the station house for which he was
appointed open and shall attend said station house every day (Sunday
excepted) at such hours as he may be required to do by the County Com-
missioners or by the State's Attorney for Baltimore County. When any
such justice appointed to sit at Towson or any of the station houses afore-
said shall designate any other justice of the peace to act for him in his
absence it shall first be necessary for him to obtain the consent of the
County Commissioners allowing such justice to act for him. And the
Governor shall upon the request of the Board of County Commissioners
of Baltimore County designate one of the justices of the peace of the Fif-
teenth Election District of Baltimore County to act as a committing mag-
istrate, and such justice of the. peace when so designated, shall sit as a
committing magistrate at such hours, on such days and at such places
in said district as the County Commissioners of Baltimore County may
designate.

1904, ch. 70. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 203. 1916, sec. 315. 1928, sec. 395.

395. The justice of the peace so selected to sit at any station house
referred to in the preceding section may be changed from time to time
by the Governor at his discretion during the term for which such justice
was appointed, and any other justice of the peace appointed for said
district may be selected by the Governor to perform the said duties at said
station house.

1904, ch. 70. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 204. 1910, ch. 474, p. 595. 1916, sec. 316.

1928, sec. 396.

396. The several justices of the peace for Baltimore County, iuclud-
ing the station house justices for said First, Twelfth, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Election Districts, and the committing magistrate of the
Ninth Election District, shall have jurisdiction concurrent with that exer-
cised by the Circuit Court for said county in all cases of assault without
any felonious intent; and in all cases of assault and battery, and in all
misdemeanors not punishable by confinement in the penitentiary, which
may be committed within said county, 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 juris-
diction, by any pecuniary fine or penalty, or by imprisonment in jail or
in the Maryland House of Correction; provided, however, that said jus-
tices of the peace shall in no case have jurisdiction to try any person on