' HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That all prosecu-
tions for violations of this act, may either be
upon presentment and indictment, or by trial
before a Justice of the Peace, who shall have

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jurisdiction, original and concurrent with the
Circuit Court for said county; and the said
Justice shall have power to issue process, and
to do all acts which may be necessary to the
exercise of his said jurisdiction; and may try
and determine all cases whereof he may have
jurisdiction, and may pronounce judgment and
sentence to the same extent and manner as the
Circuit Court for said county could do in such
case if they were tried before said Court with-
out the intervention of a Jury; provided,
however, that if any person when brought to
trial, or if the State's Attorney for said county
shall pray a Jury trial for the alleged offence,
on the part of the State, it shall be the duty of

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said Justice of the Peace to commit such of-
fender for trial, or hold him to bail to appear
for trial at the next Circuit Court for said
county, in its then next session, if it be in ses-
sion, and to return the commitment or recog-
nizance with the names and residence of the
witnesses for the prosecution endorsed thereon
forthwith to the Clerk of said Court; and it
shall be the duty of said Justice of the Peace
to inform the person charged of his, her or
their right to a trial by Jury in all cases.

Proviso.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all laws incon-
sistent with this act be and the same are
hereby repealed.

Repeal.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1886.

Effective.