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house at Canton, in the Twelfth Election District, shall trans-
act only criminal business at such station house, and no civil
business whatever, except such affidavits and acknowledgments
in civil matters as he 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 Baltimore County, and, on conviction, shall be fined
one hundred dollars and shall be disqualified from holding his
office.

SEC. 204. And be it enacted. That the several Justices of the
Peace for Baltimore County, including the station house Jus-
tices for said First, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Elec-
tion Districts, and the committing magistrate of the Ninth
Election District, 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 punishable
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 Cor-
rection; provided, however, that said Justices of the Peace
shall in no case have jurisdiction to try any person on a charge
of selling 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 juris-
diction, 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; pro-
vided, however, that if any person brought before any Justice
having jurisdiction 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 Justice to commit such alleged
offender for trial in the Circuit Court for said county at its
then session, if it then be in session, or at its next session if it
be not then in session, and to return said commitment or recog-
nizance, with the names and residences of the witnesses for the
prosecution indorsed thereon, forthwith to the clerk of the
said Court; provided, the Justice before whom the case is for