HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 529

determine all prosecutions or proceedings for the recovery of
any penalty, for doing or omitting to do any act within Prince
George's County, the doing of which or the omission to do
which, is made punishable under the laws of this State by any
pecuniary fine or penalty, or by imprisonment in jail, or in the
Maryland House of Correction; all of which acts or omissions
are hereby declared to be criminal offenses; and the said Police
Justices shall have power to issue all process, and to do all
acts which may be necessary for the exercise of said jurisdic-
tion, and may pronounce judgment and sentence in all such
cases coming before him, in the same manner, and to the same
extent as the Circuit Court for Prince George's County could
if such cases had been tried before said Court; provided, how-
ever, that said Police Justice shall pronounce no sentence ex-
ceeding three years in the Maryland House of Correction or
jail; and further provided, however, that the accused when
brought before said Justice on being informed by him of his
right to trial by jury, freely elects to be tried before said
Justice, and provided further, that a jury trial be not prayed
in such case on the part of the State by the State's Attorney.
If after a trial before the Police Justice either party
shall feel aggrieved by his judgment, there shall be a
right of appeal within ten days to the Circuit Court of
Prince George's County provided the alleged offense was
committed in Prince George's County, or said Police Jus-
tice has jurisdiction in the premises; and in all cases where a
jury trial is prayed for the State, or the accused elected to be
tried by a jury, or appealed from the judgment of said Police
Justice, he shall take from the accused his recognizance with
sufficient security conditioned for his personal appearance to
answer said charge at the then session (if there be a session)
of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, or at the next
session of the said Court, if it not be then in session; and in
default of the accused entering in such recognizance, the Jus-
tice shall commit him to jail for his appearance at said Court
to answer such charge, and shall at once return the recog-
nizance, if there be one, and all papers and proceedings in said
case, including a copy of his judgment (in appeal cases), to-
gether with the name and residence of the witnesses for the
prosecution to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince
George's County, who shall place such case on the appeal
docket of said Court and issue subpoenas for the witnesses
named by the Justice only upon the written order of the
State's Attorney, and the case shall then be tried in said
Court de novo on the information or warrant. When an
appeal shall be taken by the accused after the execution of
sentence has begun, by confinement in jail or the Maryland
House of Correction, the said Justice, on sufficient surety be-