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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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the public schools thereof, and said violators shall be
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committed to the county jail of said county until such
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fine and costs are paid; nor shall anything herein be
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construed to prohibit a sale by a pharmacist or drug-
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gist in case of extreme illness where delay may be
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dangerous to the patient.
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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all prosecutions for
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violations of this act may be either upon presentment
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and indictment, or by trial before a justice of the peace,
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Prosecutions —
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who shall have jurisdiction, original and concurrent,
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how conducted.
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with the circuit court for said county, and the said
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justice shall have power to issue all process, and to do
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all acts which may be necessary to the exercise of his
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said jurisdiction, and may try and determine all cases
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whereof he may have jurisdiction, and may pronounce
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judgment and sentence to the same extent and manner
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as the circuit court for said county could do in such
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cases, if they were tried before said court without the
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intervention of a jury; provided, however, that if any
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person when brought before any justice shall before
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trial pray a jury trial, or if the state's attorney for
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Right of jury
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said county shall pray a jury trial for the alleged
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trial.
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offence on the part of the state, it shall be the duty
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of said justice to commit such offender for trial, or
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hold him to bail to appear for trial at the next circuit
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court for said county, in its then next session, if it be
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in session, and to return the commitment or recogniz-
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ance with the names and residence of the witnesses
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for the prosecution endorsed therein forthwith to the
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clerk, and it shall be the duty of said justice to inform
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the person charged of his, her or their right to a jury
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trial in all cases.
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SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That until said election
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and return and proclamation of the clerk of said
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How long in
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county, the act passed at January session, eighteen
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force.
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hundred and eighty, of the General Assembly of
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Maryland, be and the same shall remain in full force
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and effect.
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SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That all laws inpon-
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Inconsistencies
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sistent with this act be and the same are hereby re-
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repealed.
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pealed.
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Approved April 8, 1884.
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