248 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

duly authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds or mort-
gages under the laws of the State of Maryland, that he does not
believe such defendant can have a fair and impartial trial in
any civil or criminal case pending before any justice of the
peace of Prince George's County in which such defendant is a
party, shall have the right at any time before trial upon making
said written suggestion and oath as aforesaid to have such
pending case removed before a justice of the peace in an elec-
tion district adjoining the district in which the said case was in-
stituted. The justice before whom such case was instituted
shall upon payment of his costs accrued to the date of removal
in civil cases designate a justice of the peace in an adjoining
election district as aforesaid and forthwith transfer all the
papers and a record of his proceedings in the case to said jus-
tice to whom such case shall be removed, and the justice to
whom such case shall be removed, shall forthwith set the case
for trial at a time not less than six nor more than fourteen
days from the date of the receipt of the papers and shall issue
such summons as may be necessary; and shall at once notify
the plaintiff and defendant, or their respective attorneys, of the
time so set for trial, and shall take such further action in the
case as if the same had been originally instituted before him;
but where any defendant in any criminal case pending before a
justice of the peace in Prince George's County, State of Mary-
land, makes oath as above set forth in this Section, he shall not
be required to pay to said justice of the peace the costs accrued
to date before said case shall be removed to an adjoining dis-
trict and before another justice of the peace for trial, but upon
his having made the oath as above required, the justice of the
peace shall forthwith send his case to another justice in an ad-
joining district, and said justice to whom said defendant's case
is removed, shall fix such reasonable time for the trial of the
defendant, as the nature of his offense requires, and that law
and justice demands. Provided that in any case instituted be-
fore a justice of the peace in Laurel District of said County, the
removal hereinbefore provided for may be made to another
justice of the peace in said Laurel District or to an adjoining
district, at the discretion of the party or parties making said
affidavit or removal.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30th, 1914.