1362 HARFORD COUNTY. [ART. 13.
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.
1870, ch. 434.
220. 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.
221. 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.
222. The several justices of the peace of Harford, Dorchester,
Garrett, Caroline, Charles, Calvert, 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
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
confinement in the penitentiary, which may be committed within
their respective jurisdictions; 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 omis-
sion to do which, is made punishable under the laws of this State,
within their said jurisdiction, by any pecuniary fine or penalty or
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