22 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 14

giving Justices of the Peace of Garrett County, after June 1,
1927, jurisdiction over certain cases involving amounts not
exceeding two hundred dollars.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 6 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title, "Justices of the Peace, " sub-title, "Civil Juris-
diction, " be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

6. The Civil jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace extends
to all cases for the enforcement of contracts and to obtain
redress for wrongs where the debt or damages claimed shall
not exceed one hundred dollars; to all suits on bonds with
penalty exceeding one hundred dollars; where the sum due and
claimed does not exceed one hundred dollars; to actions of
replevin where the value of the thing in controversy does not
exceed one hundred dollars and which value shall be ascertained
by appraisers summoned and sworn by the sheriff or other
officer to whom the writ of replevin is directed, and to all eases
of attachments against non-resident or absconding debtors where
the sum claimed does not exceed one hundred dollars, and also
to all cases of attachment in any of the cases mentioned in Sec-
tion 36 of Article 9 where the sum claimed shall not exceed one
hundred dollars; provided that nothing herein contained shall
be held or construed to affect suits pending on April 5, 1900,
nor judgments then existing. Justices of the Peace of Garrett
County shall, after June 1, 1927, have civil jurisdiction in all
cases hereinbefore mentioned in this Section of this Article
instituted after June 1, 1927, and involving amounts not ex-
ceeding two hundred dollars.

SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1927.

Approved April 1, 1927.

CHAPTER 14.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 3 of
Chapter 43 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1918 providing for the granting of authority to the
County Commissioners of Allegany County to pay an addi-
tional salary or compensation to the Clerk to the Board of

County Commissioners for Allegany County.