398 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

327. There shall be elected at the same election by the legal
and qualified voters of Baltimore City, a clerk for said Circuit
Court Number Two of Baltimore City, who shall be subject to
all the provisions of the Constitution relating to the Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Baltimore City.

Criminal Court of Baltimore.

328. The Criminal Court of Baltimore shall hold three reg-
ular sessions yearly, to commence on the second Monday of
January, second Monday of May, and second Monday of Sep-
tember; and such sessions shall continue until all the business
before it shall be finished.

329. At special sessions of said court, all cases may be tried
and disposed of as at the regular terms thereof.

330. The Criminal Court of Baltimore shall have jurisdic-
tion in all cases of felony, and other crimes, offences and misde-
meanors within the City of Baltimore.

331. Any person convicted in the Criminal Court of Balti-
more of larceny committed in Baltimore City to an amount
under five dollars, may in the discretion of the judge of the said
court, be sentenced to hard labor in the jail of Baltimore City
for not less than six months nor more than two years, instead of
the penitentiary.

332. All commitments and recognizances for all felonies,
crimes, offences and misdemeanors committed within said City,
shall be returned from time to time by any Justice of the Peace
taking the same before said court, and shall be lodged with the
clerk of said court on the day next preceding the day appointed
for holding the said court

333. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff to make return of
each capias upon presentment or indictment from said court
within five days after the same is delivered to him by the clerk;
and if said capias is returned non est, the clerk shall, in the dis-
cretion of the State's Attorney of Baltimore City, order said
capias to be re-issued, and the same capias shall again be deliv-