HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 1127

tiff or defendant shall have the right of removal to said
Police Justice by making affidavit in the usual form and
before hearing begun, that a fair and impartial trial of
said case cannot be had before the Justice of the Peace
where said civil action was instituted. And provided, fur-
ther that where town ordinance of any incorporated town
in Calvert County, jurisdiction is conferred upon a Jus-
tice of the Peace to hear and determine any violation of
said ordinance or ordinances, or where said Justice
of the Peace other than the Police Justice shall have juris-
diction to hear and determine any criminal violation of
town ordinance or ordinances, in either event, the par-
ties litigant, plaintiff or defendant in case of criminal vio-
lation of said ordinance or ordinances shall have the right
of removal to the Police Justice by making the affidavit
as herein provided.

174G. On and after the passage of this Act the sev-
eral Justices of the Peace of Calvert County shall be di-
vested of and shall no longer have and possess any crimi-
nal jurisdiction to try, hear and determine any criminal
case whatsoever, except as in this Act provided; and pro-
vided, further, that the several Justices of the Peace shall
have the same power and authority to issue warrants,
summons, process and take recognizance in any and all
criminal cases as are now allowed by law, but all the same
shall be made returnable before the Police Justice, ex-
cept as in this Act provided with reference to violation
of town ordinances, and except in violation of the Motor
Vehicle Laws as herein provided, and except further in
cases of felony, if bailable, wherein the several Justices
of the Peace of said County may take recognizance as now
authorized by law, they may conduct an ex parte hear-
ing, and if there be a reasonable presumption of guilt,
may commit the accused to jail in default of the surety
required to be furnished, and if a felony and not bailable,
the several Justices of the Peace shall have jurisdiction
to conduct a preliminary hearing, and if the facts war-
rant the accused being held, they may commit the ac-
cused to jail to await the action of the Grand Jury, in
which case they shall be allowed such fees, and shall
charge such fees for constables other than Constables at
Large as are now allowed by law. But nothing in this
Act shall divest the several Justices of the Peace in Cal-
vert County of their right as now allowed by law to act
as coroners and to do in this regard as they are now al-
lowed by law.