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at such station house, and no civil business whatsoever, except
such affidavits and acknowledgments in civil matters as may
from time to time be required to take for the convenience of
the public; and for any violation of this provision he shall be
liable to indictment by the grand jury of said county, and on
conviction shall be fined one hundred dollars and shall be dis-
qualified from holding his office.

203. The justice of the peace, so selected to sit at any station
house referred to in the preceding section, may be changed
from time to time by the Governor at his discretion during the
term for which such justice was appointed, and any other jus-
tice of the peace appointed for said district may be selected by
the Governor to perform the said duties at said station house.

204. The several justices of the peace for Baltimore county,
including the station house justices for said twelfth and thir-
teenth election districts, shall have jurisdiction concurrent
with that exercised by the circuit court for said county in all
cases of assault, without any felonious intent; and in all cases
of assault and battery, and in all misdemeanors not punisha-
ble by confinement in the penitentiary, which may be committed
within said county, and shall have jurisdiction in all prosecu-
tions or proceedings for the recovery of any penalty for doing
or omitting to do any act, the doing of which or the omission
to do which, is made punishable under the laws of this State,
within their said jurisdiction by any pecuniary fine or penalty,
or by imprisonment in jail or in the Maryland House of Correc-
tion; provided, however, that said justices of the peace shall in
no case have jurisdiction to try any person on a charge of sell-
ing any sort of intoxicating liquors or beverages on Sunday, or
to minors, or without license, or within any limit, precinct or
district prohibited by law, all of which acts or commissions are
hereby declared to be criminal offenses, and the said justices
shall have power to issue all process and to do all acts which
may be necessary to the exercise of their jurisdiction, and may
try and determine all cases whereof they may have jurisdiction,
and may pronounce judgment, sentence therein, in the same
manner and to the same extent as the circuit court in said
county could in such cases, if such cases were tried before it
without the intervention of a jury; provided, however, that if
any person when brought before any such justice having juris-
diction of the case shall, before trial for the alleged offense,
pray a jury trial on the part of the State, it shall be the duty of
any such justice to commit such alleged offender for trial in the
circuit court for the said county, at its then session, if it be
then in session, or at its next session, if it be not then in ses-
sion, and to return said commitment or recognizance with the