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cases and may pronounce judgment and impose sentence therein
to the same extent as the aforesaid courts having criminal
jurisdiction could do in such cases, if such cases were tried
before such court without a jury; provided, however, that if
any person, when brought before any such justice having juris-
diction of the case, shall, before the trial for the alleged of-
fense, pray a jury trial, or if the State's Attorney for the
County or city where the offense occurs shall, before the trial
of such alleged offense, pray a jury trial on behalf of the State,
it shall be the duty of such justice to commit such alleged of-
fender for trial, or to hold him to bail to appear for trial in
the court having criminal jurisdiction in the case, at its then
or next session, and to return said commitment or recognizance,
with the names and residences of the witnesses for the prosecu-
tion endorsed thereon, forthwith to the Clerk of such court ; and
the justice of the peace before whom the accused is brought for
trial shall inform him seasonably of his right to demand a trial
by jury.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act shall
be construed so as to prevent, or affect in any manner, the
prosecution of any offense against the law repealed by this Act
which may have been committed prior to the passage of this
Act, or the punishment provided for such offense.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 24th, 1914.

CHAPTER 147.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with an amendment Section 1 of
Article 14-A of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,
as enacted by Chapter 406 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of the year 1910.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1 of Article 14-A of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, as enacted by Chapter 406 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of the year 1910 be
repealed and re-enacted with an amendment, so as to read as
follows:

SEC. 1. Warehouse receipts may be issued by any ware-
houseman. A warehouse shall be considered to be any building