WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1007

formation and assistance as he may deem necessary to carry
out the provisions of this Article.

165. INSPECTIONS. The Comptroller, his duly author-
ized deputies, inspectors and clerks, the Board of License Com-
missioners of the County or the City in which the place of
business is located, its duly authorized agents and employees,
and any peace officer of such county or city, or any of them,
shall be fully authorized to inspect and search, without war-
rant, at all hours, any building, vehicle and premises in which
any alcoholic beverages are authorized to be kept, transported,
manufactured or sold under a license or permit issued under
the provisions of this Article, and any evidence discovered
during any such inspections shall be admissible in any prosecu-
tion for the violation of the provisions of this or any other
Article, or upon any hearing for a revocation, suspension or
restriction of the license or permit. Any alcoholic beverages
taken as evidence shall be returned to the license or permit
holder if he be adjudged not guilty; otherwise it shall be sold
to license holders, turned over to State institutions for medi-
cinal use or destroyed. Receipts from such sales shall be
credited to the General Fund Account of the State, County or
Baltimore City as the case may be.

166. JURISDICTION. The several Trial Magistrates in each
County of the State shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with
the Circuit Court for such County, to hear, try and determine
all cases involving any offense under this Article committed
within the County. Such jurisdiction shall be exercised in the
same manner as the general jurisdiction of such magistrates
conferred by Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland;
provided, however, that every person charged with any offense
under this Article shall have the right to a jury trial, if he
shall so elect, and the magistrate before whom the case is
brought shall, in every such case, inform the person charged
of his right to trial by jury. This section shall not in any
way enlarge the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in Balti-
more City.

167. POWER TO SUMMON WITNESSES. For the pur-
pose of all hearings and inquiries which the Comptroller, the
Board of License Commissioners for any County or Baltimore
City, or the Bureau of State Licenses are authorized to hold
and make, the said Official, Boards and Bureaus, and the re-
spective members thereof, are authorized to issue summons for
witnesses, and to administer to them oaths or affirmations, and
all summonses so issued shall be served by the Police Depart-
ment of the City of Baltimore or by the Sheriff of any of the
Counties. If any witness so summoned shall refuse or neglect