ART. 23.] JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES. 2059

county, to wit: in election district number one, (Barren creek,}
two justices of the peace and two constables; in election district
number two, (Quantico,) three justices of the peace and two con-
stables; in election district number three, (Tyaskin,) four justices,
of the peace and three constables; in election district number
four, (Pittsburg,) three justices of the peace and two constables j
in election district number five, (Parsons',) two justices of the
peace and two constables; in election district number six,
(Dennis,) two justices of the peace and two constables; in
election district number seven, (Trappe,) two justices of the
peace and two constables; in election district number eight,
(Nutter's,) two justices of the peace and two constables; in elec-
tion district number nine, (Salisbury,) three justices of the peace
and two constables; in election district number ten, (Sharptown,)
two justices of the peace and two constables.

1870, ch. 140.

55. The justices of the peace for "Wicomico county shall have
jurisdiction over and may take cognizance of actions of assault
and battery, where 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 county, unless it shall
appear to the said justice of the peace, upon the hearing of the
case, that the said assault and battery was committed with intent
to kill.

Ibid.

56. In all cases under the preceding section, either party shall
be allowed an appeal to the circuit court for Wicomico county,
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.

1884, ch. 510.

57. The several justices of the peace of Wicomico, Talbot,
Dorchester, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, Somerset,
Howard, Caroline, Kent, Charles, Calvert, Harford, Garrett,
Washington, Anne Arundel and Allegany counties, shall have, in
addition 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