558 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 295

Laws of Maryland, as amended by Chapter 24 of the Acts of the
Special Session of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1936,
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as
follows:

6. The civil jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace ex-
tends to all cases for the enforcement of contracts and to
obtain redress for wrongs where the debt or damages claim-
ed shall not exceed one hundred dollars; to all suits on
bonds with penalty exceeding one hundred dollars, where the
sum due and claimed does not exceed one hundred dollars; to
actions of replevin where the value of the thing in controversy
does not exceed one hundred dollars and which value shall be
ascertained by appraisers summoned and sworn by the sheriff
or other officer to whom the writ of replevin is directed, and
to all cases of attachments against non-residents or abscond-
ing debtors where the sum claimed does not exceed one hun-
dred dollars, and also to all cases of attachment in any of the
cases mentioned in Section 36 of Article 9 where the sum
claimed shall not exceed one hundred dollars; provided that
nothing herein contained shall be held or construed to affect
suits pending on April 5, 1900, nor judgments then existing.
Justices of the Peace of Garrett County shall, after June 1,
1931, have civil jurisdiction in all cases hereinbefore mentioned
in this section of this Article instituted after June 1, 1931,
and involving amounts not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Justices of the Peace of Wicomico County shall, after the date
of the passage hereof, have civil jurisdiction in all cases here-
inbefore mentioned in this section of this Article instituted
after the date of the passage hereof and involving amounts
not exceeding three hundred dollars. Justices of the Peace of
Prince George's County shall, after the date of the passage
hereof, have civil jurisdiction in all cases hereinbefore men-
tioned in this section of this Article instituted after the date
of the passage hereof and involving amounts not exceeding two
hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed upon a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths
of all of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly the same shall take effect from the date of
its passage.

Approved May 18, 1937