ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                     69

CHAPTER 42.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
334 of Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Allegany County, " sub-title
"Justices of the Peace and Constables, " as enacted by the
Acts of 1927, Chapter 297, Section 179K, relating to the
payment of costs in the People's Court of Cumberland,
Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 334 of Article 1 of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title "Allegany County, " sub-title "Justices of the
Peace and Constables, " as the same was enacted by Chapter
297, Section 179K of the Acts of 1927, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to
read as follows:

334. The practice, procedure and rules for the trial and
conduct of all causes before said Justices shall be such as have
been found proper by usage and custom, and not contrary to
existing laws, except that there shall be no special pleading;
the common counts or a like declaration, or one similar in
form to the Speedy Judgment Act and the form of pleas of
said Act may be used; all causes of action shall begin upon the
filing of a brief copy of the claim or instrument upon which
the suit is brought; when the party plaintiff is a non-resident
of the State of Maryland, the claim must be accompanied by an
affidavit, such as is required by the Speedy Judgment Act
applicable to Allegany County, made before a Notary Public
or other person authorized to administer oaths; costs of all
causes shall follow the judgment, and on appeal, the Clerk of
the Circuit Court shall when the appeal is finally disposed of,
tax the costs to follow the judgment unless otherwise ordered
by the Circuit Court hearing the appeal; all appeals in both
civil and criminal causes must be taken within twenty days
from the date judgment is entered; when appeals are taken
from said Justices, the actual costs of trial, summons, certified
copy of appeal must be paid, unless the party taking the appeal
shall make oath that they are unable, by reason of poverty, to
pay the costs, in which case the appeal shall be transmitted in
the same manner as if the costs had been paid; civil appeal
bonds may be filed in accordance with existing law; and the
appeal papers shall be transmitted to the Circuit Court, to-