2140 WORCESTER COUNTY. [ART. 24.
number three, (East Berlin) three justices of the peace and two
constables; for election district number four, (Newark) two jus-
tices of the peace and one constable; for election district number
five, (St. Martin's) two justices of the peace and one constable;
for election district number six, (Colbourne's) two justices of the
peace and one constable; for election district number seven,
(Atkinson's) two justices of the peace and one constable; for
election district number eight, (Sandy Hill) three justices of the
peace and two constables; for election district number nine,
(West Berlin) two justices of the peace and two constables.
1870, ch. 434.
122. The justices of the peace in and for Worcester, Prince
George's, Kent, Charles, Dorchester, Caroline, Carroll, Queen
Anne's, Harford, 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.
123. 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 311.
124. 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 they may
have in hand at such times, arising from fines or penalties im-
posed under the two preceding sections.
1884, ch 510. 1888, ch 816.
125. The several justices of the peace of Worcester, Wicomico,
Talbot, Dorchester, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, Som-
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