ART. 18.] KENT NARROWS. 1699

district from the justice issuing the summons, he shall transmit
the papers in said cause to some one justice of the peace in the
district where the defendant resides, who shall try the same.

1870, ch. 434.

188. The justices of the peace in and for Queen Anne's,
Prince George's, Kent, Charles, Dorchester, Caroline, Carroll,
Harford, 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.

189. 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.

190. 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.

KENT NARROWS.

1876. ch. 314.

191. The county commissioners of Queen Anne's and Talbot
counties are directed to levy a tax upon the assessable property
of their respective counties, for the purpose of erecting and keep-
ing in repair a drawbridge over Kent Narrows, and providing
for a keeper for the draw of the said bridge; provided, one-half
of the costs of erecting the same and keeping it in good repair,