ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR 1241

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Chapter 355 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland of 1886, entitled "An Act relating to causes
before Justices of the Peace in Talbot County," be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
so as to read as follows:

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That it shall be lawful for any resident of Talbot County
to be sued before any Justice of the Peace of said County
whenever the debt or damage claimed to be due, or fair
value of the property or thing in controversy does not exceed
Two Hundred Dollars; but should said suit be brought out-
side of the Election District in which such person resides,
said defendant shall have the right to have said case re-
moved for trial before some Justice of the Peace of the
Election District in which such defendant resides, and if
there be no Justice of the Peace in such District then said
suit may be- removed before a Justice of the Peace of some
other district for trial, but no removal shall be permitted
in suits brought within the election district wherein the
contract was made and such cause of action did originate.
Where suits are removable, as herein provided, written notice
of such desire for removal shall be filed with the Justice of
the Peace before whom said suit is brought by said defendant,
or by some person on his or her behalf, not later than five
days after the return day named in the writ of summons
issued in each case and provided further, that a good and
sufficient bond shall be filed, at the time of filing the afore-
said notice, by the defendant, or on his or her behalf, in
double the amount of the plaintiff's claim or double the value
of the property in controversy, and conditioned upon the
payment of any judgment that may be recovered against said
defendant in such action, or that may be recovered upon
appeal therefrom to the Circuit Court for Talbot County.
Upon the filing of the notice and bond as provided in this
Act said Justice of the Peace shall immediately transmit all
papers in said case for trial to a Justice of the Peace in the
Election District in which the defendant resides, or if there
be no Justice of the Peace in such District, then to a Justice
of some other Election District for trial, and the designation
of the Justice to whom such case shall be removed for trial