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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. [ART. 2.
that govern in other cases of appeal from the decision
of justices of the peace.
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Ibid, s 6.
How condemn-
ed where owner
is unknown.
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232. If the sheriff or constable making the seizure of
property under this act, does not know the name of the
owner or person having charge thereof, he may describe
him in the notice he is required to give, as the owner
of the property without naming him, and the justice if
he does not know the name of the owner, may condemn
the property as the property of a person guilty of vio-
lating the law without naming such person.
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Ibid. s. 7.
Disposition of
proceeds.
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233. The proceeds of the sale of any property for-
feited as aforesaid with all fines imposed and collected
under this act, shall after paying the expenses of the
seizure, condemnation and sale, be divided, one-fourth
to the sheriff or constable making the seizure, one-fourth
to those aiding in making the arrest and seizure, and
the remaining one-half to the board of school commis-
sioners for Anne Arundel county for the use of the
primary schools of said county.
Approved and in force April 4, 1870.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1870, c. 434 enacts as follows:
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1. The justices of the peace in and for Dorchester, Kent, Caroline, Calvert, Carrol],
Queen Anne's, Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Harford, Charles and Worcester coun-
ties, shall have jurisdiction over and may take cognizance of all actions of assault
and battery in which the damages claimed do not exceed the sum of one hundred
dollars; and also criminal jurisdiction in all cases of assault and battery committed
in said counties, unless it shall appear to the said justices of the peace, upon the
hearing of the case, that the said assault and battery was committed with intent
to kill.
2. In all cases hereafter tried under this act before the justices of the peace in and
for the counties above named, either party shall be allowed an appeal to the circuit
court of the county in which the offence was committed, where they shall be tried
de novo, and all such appeals shall be taken in such manner as is now provided for
by law in other cases of appeals from judgments of justices of the peace.
Approved April 4, 1870.
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