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381. The State's Attorney shall investigate with all reason-
able dispatch and thoroughness all cases which may be referred
to him under this sub-title and in all cases which in his judg-
ment should not proceed to trial he shall promptly file in said
court an order dismissing any such case referred to him as
aforesaid, with a statement, in writing of his reasons therefor,
and shall return to said court all papers and documents relat-
ing to said case in his possession, and such dismissal of a case
so referred to him shall be a final and conclusive termination
of the same, but the court may, for sufficient reason shown in
a reasonable time, strike out the said order and dismissal of a
case made by the State's Attorney and refer said case to the
grand jury.

382. The same pleading and practice and all provisions of
law now applicable to indictments, and governing the trial of
issue thereon shall be applicable so far as practicable to in-
formation filed under this Act by the State's Attorney.

383. The clerk of said court, or the crier thereof, shall ad-
minister to every witness, prior to his or her appearing before
the State's Attorney, the following oath, viz: The evidence
which you shall give before the State's Attorney for Baltimore
county in the matter depending before him shall be the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God;
and all wilful and corrupt false swearing by any witness in
any material point of inquiry before said State's Attorney in
any case referred to him under this Act shall be deemed per-
jury, and any person convicted of such wilful and corrupt false
swearing shall suffer the penalty now provided by law to be im-
posed upon persons convicted of the crime of perjury.

384. The provisions of this sub-title shall apply to all com-
mon law and statutory misdemeanors committed within the
limits of Baltimore county which may by any law of this State
now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted, be prose-
cuted by presentment or indictment in the Circuit Court for
said county, and the said Court shall have the power to impose
the same fines and penalties upon conviction upon information
under this Act as are now provided by law, or may hereafter be
provided by law, to be imposed upon conviction for such of-
fenses upon presentment or indictment.

385. All streets, avenues and alleys, heretofore laid off ac-
cording to law, shall be beds of streets, avenues and alleys, and
shall be condemned as streets, avenues and alleys, and opened,
graded and. constructed, and macadamized, graveled, shelled,
paved or curbed, as provided for in the several sections of this
sub-title of this article; and whenever the grade has been estab-