ART. 4.] JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES. 477

sioners for the city of Baltimore, or by the State's attorney for
Baltimore city. The said respective justices of the peace so
selected to sit at any station-house in the city of Baltimore shall
transact no other business at any such station-house except the
business required by the seven succeeding sections to be by them,
respectively, performed at such station-house.

1882, ch. 219.

615. It shall be the duty of each justice of the peace so
selected to sit at any station-house in the city of Baltimore, to
hear all charges made against any person, because of the alleged
commission by such person of any criminal offence; it shall be
the duty of each of said justices to examine carefully into every
such charge, to the end that, while justice shall be done, no per-
son shall be subjected to costs or imprisonment without sufficient
cause; each of said justices of the peace shall have power to hear,
try and determine the case of every person who may be arrested
and brought before him in the said city of Baltimore, charged
with being a tramp, who is or may be punishable as such under
sections 275 and 276 of article 27 of the code of public general
laws, title " Crimes and Punishments;" and to hear, try and de-
termine the cases of all persons arrested and brought before him
charged with any offence specified in sections 67 or 68 of the
same article, or in sections 894—897 of this article, sub-title "Vag-
rant Children;" and to hear, try and determine all prosecutions
or criminal proceedings brought before him for any act done, or
omitted to be done, in the city of Baltimore, the doing of which
act, or the omission to do which act, is or may be punishable
under any act of assembly of this State, or under any ordinance
of the mayor and city council of Baltimore, by a pecuniary fine
only, not exceeding in amount the sum of one hundred dollars.
It is, however, hereby expressly provided, that the said justices
shall not have power to try and determine any violation of the
code of public general laws of this State relating to licenses,
except violations of the laws relating to "hawkers and peddlers,"
which they-shall have jurisdiction to try and determine; and
shall not have power to try and determine any violations of the
laws relating to "Sabbath breaking;" but shall cause all such
offenders against the said provisions of said code of public gen-