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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the peace, one of whom shall reside at Johnsville, and two con-

stables; for election district number eighteen, two justices of

the peace and two constables; for election district number nine-

teen, two justices of the peace and two constables; for election

district number twenty, two justices of the peace and two con-

stables; for election district number twenty-one, two justices of

the peace and two constables.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.

CHAPTER 347.

AN ACT to repeal section two hundred and twelve, of article ten,

of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Dorches-

ter county," sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating Drinks," and

to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That section two hundred and twelve, of article ten, of the Code

Repeal

of Public Local ,Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester county,"

sub-title "Liquor and Intoxicating Drinks," be and the same is

Hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

SEC. 212. The offense created by the five preceding sections.

may be tried before any justice of the peace of said county upon

an ordinary information on oath by any credible witness; when a

case is to be tried before a justice of the peace he shall docket the

same in the name of the State against the party charged, and if

the offense has not been sufficiently set forth in the docket entries

on or in the writ, such defect may be corrected at any time before

the trial begins by a statement endorsed on or appended to the

writ; the State's attorney may attend all such trials and an appeal

Proceed-

to the circuit court from the decision of the justice may be taken

ings.

by either party, the State's attorney to pray the appeal on behalf

of the. State; and upon appeal every such case shall be tried de

novo; in all such cases the justice may require and take a bond

to the State conditioned for the appearance of the defendant before
him at the times and places appointed for the trial and until dis-

charged in due course of law, and upon appeal he may require

and take a bond from the defendant and an approved surety or

sureties conditioned for the personal appearance of the defendant

in the circuit court from time to time until the appeal is decided

and he is discharged in due course of law, and if he fails to attend

before the justice, the latter may forfeit the bond and immediately

enter a judgment for the penalty thereof, and if he fails to appear