936 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 420

shall receive no other or further fees for any services rendered
by them in criminal cases or arrests for the violations of any
of the laws of the State of Maryland, and the said justices shall
issue, upon application therefor, and sworn information, war-
rants for the arrest of persons charged with violating any pro-
visions of the laws of Maryland, and shall account for and pay
over to the clerk of the Circuit Court all fines and penalties,
collected by them, respectively, and not otherwise disposed of
by law, one-half thereof to be paid by him to the County Com-
missioners of said county, and the other half thereof to be ex-
pended under the direction of the judges of the said court for
the augmentation of the law library of said court.

489. The several justices of the peace for Election District
Number Two and for Election District Xumber Twenty-five
of Frederick County in addition to the jurisdiction which they
now possess, and which may be conferred on them by or under
the laws of this State, are hereby invested with and shall have,
hereafter, jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all cases in-
volving the charge of any offense, crime or misdemeanor, not
punishable by confinement in the penitentiary or involving a
felonious intent, which may be committed in Frederick Coun-
ty; and shall have jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all
prosecutions or proceedings for the recovery of any penalty for
doing or omitting to do any act within said county, the doing
of which or the omission to do which is made punishable under
the laws of this State by any pecuniary fine or penalty, or by
imprisonment in jail or in the Maryland House of Correction,
all of which acts or omissions are hereby declared to be crimi-
nal offenses; and the said justice shall have power to issue all
process, and to do all acts which may be necessary for the exer-
cise of their said jurisdiction, and may pronounce judgment
and sentence in all such cases coming before them, in the same
manner, and to the same extent as the Circuit Court for said
county could, if such cases had been tried before said Court;
provided, however, that the accused, when brought before any
such justice, on being informed by him of his right to trial by
jury, freely elects to be tried before such justice, and provided,
further, that a jury trial be not prayed in such case on the part
of the State by the State's Attorney. If after a trial before
the justice either party shall feel aggrieved by his judgment
there shall be a right of appeal within ten days to the Circuit
Court for the said county, and in all cases where a jury trial
is prayed by the State or the accused elects to be tried by jury,