EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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affidavit being made as aforesaid, the case shall stand for
trial on the eighth day from the day of removal, unless the

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parties shall agree upon a different day, and the justice shall
enter the day for such trial on his docket, and no postpone-
ment upon or after the first day fixed for trial shall be
allowed except for removal or for some Other good or
sufficient reason shown to the justice, or upon the request
of both parties, and no postponement shall be granted for
more than fourteen days at any one time; provided, that
nothing herein shall interfere with the right of the defendant
in a criminal case to elect to be tried by a jury, or to be
tried by the Circuit Court under any Act allowing such
election, and the party asking for a removal, whether upon
election or upon affidavit, shall pay the cost which have
accrued before the justice granting the removal, which costs
shall await the final disposition of the case.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
irom the date of its passage.
Approved March 23, 1906.

CHAPTER 154.
AN ACT to change the name of the Montgomery Electric
Light and Railway Company of Montgomery County to
the Sandy Spring Railway Company, and to amend the
charter of said corporation by adding a new section, to be
known as Section 1 A.

Case of
removal
when trial
shall take
place.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the name of the Montgomery Electric Light and
Railway Company of Montgomery county, a body corporate,
duly incorporated by Act of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, of the Session of 1902, Chapter 624, be and the same
is hereby changed to that of the Sandy Spring Railway
Company, and said Act is hereby amended by adding a new
section to said Act, to be known as Section 1 A, said new
section to follow Section 1 of said Act, as follows :
Section 1 A. And be it further enacted, That the said rail-

Name changed

way company shall have power to construct, equip, operate
and maintain a railroad propelled by electricity or such
other power as the board of directors may determine, from
" Sandy Spring, in Montgomery county, to Elkridge or

May construct,
equip or
operate, etc.,
a railroad.