FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 157.

AN ACT to repeal Section 181 of Article 1 of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title "Allegany County," sub-title "Jus-
tices of the Peace and Constables," and to re-enact the same
with amendments.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section one hundred and eighty-one of article
one of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Allegany County,"
sub-title "Justices of the Peace and Constables," be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows :

Repeal.

181. Nothing in the last preceding section shall operate so
as to prevent residents of election districts numbers four, five,
six, fourteen, twenty-two and twenty-three, from being sued
in either of said districts; or residents of election districts
numbers ten and fifteen, from being sued in either of said dis-
tricts numbers ten or fifteen; or residents of election districts
numbers eleven and twelve, from being sued in either district
number eleven or twelve; provided, however, that upon a
cause of action brought before any one of the justices of the
peace of election district numbers four, five, six, fourteen,
twenty-two or twenty-three, if the parties to any cause in any
suit or action, or issue pending, shall make a suggestion in
writing, supported by the affidavit ©f such party or his counsel,
or other proper evidence, that the party cannot have a fair and

Suits before
justices of
the peace.

impartial trial before said justice where such suit or action or
issue, is pending, then the said justice of the peace before
whom such suit or action or issue is pending, shall forthwith
order and direct the proceedings in any such suit or action, or
issue, to be transmitted to some other justice of the peace,
appointed and qualified for any one of the above-named elec-
tion districts four, tive, six, fourteen, twenty-two or twenty-
three; and provided further, that if any district in Allegany
county, except districts four, five, six, fourteen, twenty- two or
twenty-three, shall not, at any time, have a justice of the peace
residing therein, by reason of his resignation, death, removal,
failure to qualify, absence, or from any other cause, any suit
might have been brought against any person in such district
under this act, may be brought in any other district adjoining
the one in which there is no justice of the peace.

Right of
removal.

SEC.2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 29th, 1894.

Effective