ART. 10.] JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES. 1037

asking for a removal, whether upon election or upon affidavit,,
shall pay the costs which have accrued before the justice granting-
the removal, which costs shall await the final disposition of the
cause.

1870, ch. 434.

198. The justices of the peace in and for Dorchester, Charles,.
Caroline, Carroll, Harford, Kent, Prince George's, Queen
Anne's, Worcester, Anne Arundel, and Calvert counties, 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 com-
mitted with intent to kill.

Ibid.

199. In all such cases before the justices of the peace in and
for the counties above named, either party shall be allowed an
appeal to the circuit court for 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.

1874, ch. 811.

200. The several justices of the peace for the said counties
are authorized and required to pay to the county commissioners
of said counties, every three months, all the money or moneys
they may have in hand at such times, arising from fines or pen-
alties imposed under the two preceding sections.

1884, ch 510.

201. The several justices of the peace of Dorchester, Caroline,
Charles, Calvert Garrett, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery,
Prince George's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, "Washington,
Wicomico, Anne Arundel and Allegany counties, shall have, in ad-
dition to the jurisdiction which they now possess, and which may
be conferred upon them by or under the laws of this State, juris-
diction concurrent with that exercised by the circuit courts for