ART. 1. ] JUSTICES OP THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES. 65

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.

1880, ch. 252. 1888, ch. 13. 1888, ch. 108.

179. There shall be two justices of the peace for each elec-
tion district now existing or hereafter to be created in Allegany
county, except in election districts four, five, six and fourteen,
and in said districts four, five, six and fourteen there shall "be one
justice of the peace for each of said districts, and two justices of
the peace at large therefor, and there shall also be one additional
justice of the peace for district six, who shall be appointed from
and reside in the village of Ellerslee, and there shall be one con-
stable in each election district now existing or hereafter to be
created in said county.

P. L. L., (1860, ) art. 1, sec. 97.

180. It shall not be lawful for any resident of Allegany
county to be sued before any justice of the peace of said county
out of the election district in which he resides; provided, how-
ever, that upon a cause of action within the jurisdiction of a
justice of the peace, arising in said county, any resident may be
ened before a justice of the peace in the election district wherein
the contract was made, or the cause of action originated.

1876, ch. 270.

181. Nothing in the last preceding section shall operate so as
to prevent residents of election districts numbers four, five, six
and fourteen, from being sued in either of said districts; pro-
vided, however, that upon a cause of action brought before any
one of the justices of the peace of any of the above-named elec-
tion districts, if the parties to any cause in any suit or action, or
issue pending, shall make a suggestion in writing, supported by
the affidavit of such party or his counsel, or other proper evidence,
that the party cannot have a fair and impartial trial before said
justice where such suit or action, or issue, is pending, then the
said justice of the peace before whom such suit or action or
issue is pending, shall order and direct the proceedings in any
such suit or action, or issue, to be transmitted to some other jus-
tice of the peace appointed and qualified for any one of the above-
named election districts.