A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

State, shall, in the name of the State, execute and
deliver a deed therefor to the purchaser or pur-
chasers thereof.

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476. In case any tort, trespass, or other wrong
shall be done by any person or persons, whatever,
to any of the property belonging to the State, and
composing parcel of, or appertaining to said State
Cattle Scales, it shall be the duty .of the Weigh-
master to sue for the same in the name of the
State, as plaintiff, in the Superior Court of Balti-
more city, or in the Court of Common Pleas for
Baltimore city, or before any Justice of the Peace
of Baltimore, as the case may be; and no plea
shall be received on behalf of any defendant to the
jurisdiction of said court, either on the ground
that the locality of the tort, trespass, or other
wrong was in Baltimore county, or that the resi-
dence of said defendant was in some part of the
State other than Baltimore city.

In case of
trespass or
wrong.

477. All assaults, riots and other criminal acts
which may be done or committed on the premises
aforesaid, shall be cognizable by the Criminal
Court for Baltimore city, in the same manner as if
the same had been done or committed within the
limits of said city.

Jurisdiction.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the day of its passage.

In force.