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and to all other civil causes where the sum claimed does not
exceed the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, all exclusive of
costs; and said Justices shall have jurisdiction to try and deter-
mine all of said causes and the controversy thereof between the
parties upon a full hearing of all the allegations and evidence,
and shall give judgment according to the Law of the Land and
the equity, justice and right of the matter. But said justices
shall not have jurisdiction where the title to land is involved,
or in any action for slander, libel, breach of promise to marry,
or to enforce any lien for work done or material furnished.

AUTHORITY OF POLICE MAGISTRATE.

Section 179-E. Said justices shall possess the same au-
thority and powers that the City Police Magistrate for the
City of Cumberland now has; and each one of said justices
shall act as and sit as the City Police Magistrate for Cum-
berland at the Police Court for the period of six months in
each year; and they shall have, when sitting as City Police
Magistrate during their term, jurisdiction to try and deter-
mine all causes that shall arise from the violation of the
Charter, Ordinances and Rules and Regulations of the Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland, Maryland, to the same
extent and in the same manner as it is now exercised by the

Justice of the Peace who sits as City Police Magistrate for
Cumberland, Maryland.

RIGHT OF REMOVAL.

Section 179-F. Said Justices shall, in all causes brought
before them sit individually and not en banc; and the right
of removal from one to another, upon affidavit for any cause
now provided for by law, shall exist for the benefit of the
litigants.

TRANSFER FROM CITY MAGISTRATE.

Section 179-G. All suits or proceedings brought before
any one of the City Magistrates of Cumberland, Maryland,
and in which final judgment has not been rendered before
this Act shall take effect, shall be transferred to said Peoples
Court on the original papers, together with a transcript of
the docket entries; said transfer shall be made by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Allegany County, Maryland; on
application of any party to the cause and said causes shall
be tried on said original papers and docket entries; and the