ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 593

cuit Court might do; provided, however, that the accused when
brought before said Judge of The Peoples Court shall have a
right to demand a jury trial, or the State's Attorney for Wi-
comico County may demand a jury trial, or after judgment an
appeal may be taken by the accused or by the State, in which
case the accused shall be admitted to bail and recognizance filed
as is now provided by law. Said Judge of The Peoples Court
shall have jurisdiction to hold such hearing or hearings as may
be demanded in criminal causes generally, or in which he has
no jurisdiction to finally determine, and may hold the accused
for the Grand Jury agreeably to existing law; in case of homi-
cide he may perform the duties of Coroner. The said Judge of
The Peoples Court shall also be the Police Justice for the City
of Salisbury.

CIVIL JURISDICTION

54-D. Said Judge of The Peoples Court shall have civil
jurisdiction in all cases for the collection of debts, enforcement
of contracts and for redress for wrongs where the debt or the
damage claimed shall not exceed the sum of Three Hundred
Dollars, to all suits on bonds where the penalty does not exceed
Three Hundred Dollars; to all actions of replevin where the
value of the thing in controversy, after being duly appraised,
shall not exceed the sum of Three Hundred Dollars; to all cases
of attachment against resident, non-resident or absconding debt-
ors, and to all cases of attachment mentioned in the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, where the sum claimed does
not exceed the sum of Three Hundred Dollars; 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 Judge
of The Peoples Court 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 allegations and evidence, and
shall give judgment according to the Laws of the Land and the
equity, justice and right of the matter. But said Judge of The
Peoples Court shall not have jurisdiction where the title to land
is involved, or in any action for slander, libel, breach of prom-
ise to marry, or to enforce any lien for work done or materials
furnished.

EXCLUSIVE AND CONCURRENT JURISDICTION:

54-E. In all suits or causes under this Act when the amount
claimed or the things in action shall not be more than Fifty
Dollars, said Judge of The Peoples Court shall have exclusive
jurisdiction, subject to appeal; and the concurrent jurisdiction
of said Judge of The Peoples Court with the Circuit Court
shall be in all cases when the sum claimed or thing in action