HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1197
CHAPTER 689.
(House Bill 824)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 13
of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-title "Criminal
Jurisdiction", for the purpose of making said Section 13
applicable to those Counties heretofore exempted from its
provisions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 13 of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Justices of the Peace", sub-
title "Criminal Jurisdiction", be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

13. The several Justices of the Peace of the State of
Maryland (except in the City of Baltimore) are hereby
invested with, and shall have hereafter jurisdiction to hear,
try and determine all cases involving the charge of any offense,
crime or misdemeanor, not punishable by confinement in the
Penitentiary or involving a felonious intent, which may be
committed within their respective Counties; and shall have
jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all prosecutions or
proceedings for the recovery of any penalty for doing or
omitting to do any act within their respective Counties, the
doing of which or the omission to do which, is made punish-
able tinder the laws of this State by any pecuniary fine or
penalty, or by imprisonment in jail or in the Maryland House
of Correction, all of which acts or omissions are hereby de-
clared to be criminal offenses; and the said Justice shall have
power to issue all process, and to do all acts which may be
necessary for the exercise of their said jurisdiction, and may
pronounce judgment and sentence in all such cases coming
before them, in the same manner, and to the same extent as
the Circuit Courts for said Counties could, if such cases had
been tried before said Courts; provided, however, that the ac-
cused, when brought before any such Justice, on being in-
formed by him of his right to trial by jury, freely elects to be
tried before such Justice, and provided, further, that a jury
trial be not prayed in such case on the part of the State by
the States Attorney. If after a trial before the Justice either
party shall feel aggrieved by his judgment there shall be a
right of appeal within ten days to the Circuit Court for the
County in which the alleged offense is charged to have been
committed, and in all cases where a jury trial is prayed by
the State, or the accused elects to be tried by jury, or appeals