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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

omission to do which act is or may be punishable under any act

of assembly of this State, or under ordinance of the mayor and

city council of Baltimore, by a pecuniary fine only not exceeding

one hundred dollars, but it shall be the duty of said justice, be-

fore proceeding to hear, try and determine any of the charges

aforesaid to inform the party or parties charged therewith of his

or their respective right to a jury trial, and if a jury trial shall

be so prayed, the justice shall endorse the fact on the commitment

or recognizance and forthwith commit or hold the party to bail

for trial in the criminal court df Baltimore; it is, however, hereby

Excep-

expressly provided that the said justices shall not have power to

tions

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 juris-

diction 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 General Laws except as aforesaid, to be com-

mitted or held to bail for trial in the criminal court of Baltimore.

Effective.

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

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.

CHAPTER 370.

AN ACT to add an additional section to article four, Public Local

Laws, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Streets," to be known

as "Section eight hundred and nineteen A," giving the mayor

and city council authority to regulate the use of the streets,

lanes and alleys of said city by railway or other tracks, gas or

other pipes, telegraph, telephone, electric light or other wires

and poles.

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

To add.

That an additional section be added to article four, Public Local

Laws, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Streets," to be known

as "Section eight hundred and nineteen A," to read as follows :

SEC. 819 A. The mayor and city council of Baltimore shall

have power to regulate the use of the streets, lanes and alleys in

To regu-
late

said city by railway or other tracks, gas or other pipes, telegraph,
telephone, electric light or other wires and poles, in, under, over

or upon the same, and may require all such wires to be placed

under ground, after such reasonable notice as they may prescribe.

Effective.

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

the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.