228          Laws of Maryland         [Ch. 18

tion 420 of said Article, sub-title "Larceny after Trust,"
(being respectively Sections 387, 388, 389 and 401A in
the 1939 Edition and 1947 Supplement), be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

405.   Every person convicted of the crime of larceny to
the value of [Twenty-five] One Hundred Dollars or up-
wards, or as accessory thereto before the fact shall be
deemed guilty of a felony, and shall restore the money,
goods or things taken to the owner, or shall pay him the
full value thereof, and be sentenced to the penitentiary
for not more than fifteen years, or to the House of Correc-
tion or Jail for not more than ten years.

406.  (a). If any person shall steal, take or carry away
personal goods of another under the value of [Twenty-five]
One Hundred Dollars and being thereof convicted he shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall restore the
goods and chattels so stolen or pay the full value thereof
to the owner thereof, and 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 im-
prisoned; provided that all actions or prosecutions here-
under shall be commenced within two years after the com-
mission of said offense.

(b). All prosecutions for violations of the provisions of
this section may be either upon presentment and indict-
ment in any court having criminal jurisdiction in this
State, or by trial before any justice of the peace in and for
the county or the City of Baltimore, as the case may be,
where the offense occurs, and jurisdiction original and
concurrent with the said courts having criminal jurisdic-
tion is hereby given to the said justices of the peace, and
they shall have power to issue all processes and do all acts
which may be necessary for the exercise of said jurisdic-
tion; and may try and determine all such cases and may
pronounce judgment and impose sentence therein to the
same extent as the aforesaid courts having criminal juris-
diction could do in such cases, if such cases were tried be-
fore 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