ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1471

the Peace of said county shall have the power and authority to
issue civil writs in all cases so far as civil jurisdiction is con-
cerned as had and possessed by them on the first day of Janu-
ary. 1922, and try, hear and determine same.

SEC. 6. Be it enacted, That whenever any warrant is sworn
out before any of the said Justices of the Peace for any offense
committed in said county, which offense the said Justice of the
Peace has no power to hear or try, then it shall be the duty of
the said Justice of the Peace before whom such a warrant is
sworn out to make the same returnable before the said Police
Justice for hearing and trial.

SEC. T. Be it enacted, That whenever any person shall be
arrested in said Montgomery County, upon any criminal charge
or for the violation of any law of this State whether such ar-
rest is made without writ or is made under a warrant issued by
any Justice of the Peace, of the said Montgomery County, it
shall be the duty of such officer making such arrest or in whose
custody the person so arrested may be, to take the person so ar-
rested before the said Police Justice or one of the Justices of
the Peace of said county according as is stated in the command
or return of the writ or warrant, for hearing or trial and in
criminal cases the said Police Justice or Justices of the Peace
as the case may be, of his own motion, or on the motion of the
State's Attorney for said county may at any time during the
trial before final judgment amend the information, warrant,
docket entries, name of the offender or other proceedings, in
any such case pending before him; and in all criminal trials
in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, to which eases
have been removed on an application for a jury trial or on an
appeal from the judgment of said Police Justice the Circuit
Court on motion of the State's Attorney for said county, may
at any time, before the trial or during the progress of trial, or
before final judgment, amend the information, warrant, docket
entries, name of the offender or other proceedings in such case,
so that before the Police Justice or Circuit Court, as the case
may be, such case may be tried on its merits and the purposes
of justice subserved; provided, however, that in the Circuit
Court such amendment does not change the character of the
offense or crime with which the accused is charged.

SEC. 8. Be it enacted, That said Police Justice shall be
paid a salary of two thousand dollars ($2,000) a year, said
salary to be paid monthly by the County Commissioners of