530 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 265
CHAPTER 265.

AN ACT to add two new sections to Offutt's Revised Code
of the Public Local Laws of Baltimore County, 1929 Edi-
tion, title 32 "Justices of the Peace and Constables, " said
new sections to follow immediately after Section 399 and
to be known as Sections 399A and 399B, said sections to
limit the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in Civil
cases and to provide for the right of removal in civil cases
before Justices of the Peace under certain conditions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That two new sections be and they are hereby
added to Offutt's Revised Code of the Public Local Laws of
Baltimore County, 1929 Edition, Title 32 "Justices of the
Peace and Constables, " said new sections to be known as
Sections 399A and 399B to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 399 and read as follows:

399A. No person shall be sued in a civil action before a
Justice of the Peace of Baltimore County except in the elec-
tion district where the defendant or any one of several joint
defendants resides or in any election district immediately
contiguous to the election district in which the defendant
or any one of several joint defendants resides and such Jus-
tice of the Peace may if the case be within his jurisdiction,
try, hear and determine the matter in controversy between
the plaintiff and defendant upon full hearing of the allega-
tions and the evidence of both parties and shall give judg-
ment according to the law of the land and the equity and
right of the matter.

399B. Either party to any civil case before a Justice of
the Peace in Baltimore County, except cases between land-
lord and tenant covered by Chapter 311 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1929, may at any time before the trial
of said case file a request in writing with the said Justice
of the Peace to remove the said case to some other Justice
of the Peace for Baltimore County and if the parties to the
case agree upon any Justice of the Peace, the Justice of the
Peace before whom the case is pending shall transmit the
original papers of the case, together with a certified copy of
his docket entries in said case to the Justice of the Peace to
whom the said case is removed, provided that in the event
the parties to the case do not agree upon a Justice of the
Peace to whom the said case is to be removed the Justice of
the Peace before whom the said case is pending may remove