230 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 106

such part thereof as shall not be restored and shall be fined
not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than
eighteen months in the house of correction or jail, or both
fined and imprisoned; provided that all actions or prosecu-
tions hereunder shall be commenced within two years after
the commission of said offense.

All prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this
section may be either upon presentment and indictment in
any court having criminal jurisdiction in this State, or by
trial before any justice of the peace in and for the county
where the offense occurs (but not applicable to the justices
of the peace in and for Baltimore City, who have no such
power or jurisdiction conferred upon them by virtue of this
Act), and jurisdiction original and concurrent with the
said courts having criminal jurisdiction is hereby given to
the said justices of the peace (excluding the justices of
the peace in Baltimore City), and they shall have power
to issue all processes and do all acts which may be neces-
sary for the exercise of said jurisdiction; and may try and
determine all such cases and may pronounce judgment and
impose sentence therein to the same extent as the afore-
said courts having criminal jurisdiction could do in such
cases, if such cases were tried before such court without
a jury; provided, however, that if any person when brought
before any such justice having jurisdiction of the case,
shall, before the trial for the alleged offense, pray a jury
trial, or if the State's Attorney for the county where the
offense occurs shall, before the trial of such alleged offense,
pray a jury trial on behalf of the State, it shall be the duty
of such justice to commit such alleged offender for trial, or
to hold him to bail to appear for trial in the Court having
criminal jurisdiction in the case, at its then or next session
and to transmit said commitment or recognizance with the
names and residences of the witnesses for the prosecution
endorsed thereon, forthwith to the Clerk of said Court; and
the justice of the peace, before whom the accused is brought
for trial, shall inform him seasonably of his right to de-
mand a trial, by jury.

Provided further that jurisdiction to try and determine
all cases under this Act, occurring within the City of Bal-
timore, shall remain in the Criminal Court of Baltimore
City exclusively.

Provided further that nothing in these sections shall be
construed to change, enlarge or diminish the jurisdiction
of Justices of the Peace in any of the Counties of the State
who are herein specifically vested with authority to hear,