ELIHU E JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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of the right and propriety of such removal ;
and, provided further, 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 allow-
ing such election, and the party asking for a
removal, whether upon election or upon affidavit,
shall pay the costs which have accrued before
the justice granting the removal, which costs
shall await the final disposition of the cause.

Right to trial
by Jury.

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

Approved April 4, 1888.

Chapter 273.

AN ACT to refund William Twilley, late collec-
tor of taxes for fifth district of Wicomico
county, the sum of eighteen dollars and fifty-
four cents, for money paid into the treasury
of the state in excess of the amount due by
him to the state for state taxes for eighteen
hundred and eighty-two and eighteen hundred
and eighty-three.

WHEREAS it appears, by the books of the treas-

Effective.

ury department of the State of Maryland, that
William Twilley has paid into the treasury of
the state the sum of eighteen dollars and fifty-
four cents in excess of the amount due by him
for state taxes for eighteen hundred and eighty-
two and eighteen hundred and eighty-three ;
and whereas the treasurer and comptroller of
the state have recommended the passage of a
law refunding the said sum of money to said
collector ; therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

To refund
money paid
in excess of
amount due.

bly of Maryland, That the comptroller be and he
is hereby directed and required to draw a war-
rant upon the treasurer to pay to William Twil-
ley the sum of eighteen dollars and fifty-four

Authority to
pay.