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12. In all cases where the amount claimed or the thing
in action exceeds the sum or value of Fifty Dollars and
justices of the peace have jurisdiction, the several circuit
courts for the counties shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with justices of the peace, provided that in Baltimore
County the jurisdiction of the justices of the peace shall
be exclusive in civil cases involving amounts not exceeding
$300. 00.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved February 25, 1953.

CHAPTER 15
(Senate Bill 44)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
358½ of Article 23 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico County", sub-
title "Sharptown", said section having been enacted by
Chapter 29 of the Acts of 1941, increasing the borrow-
ing power of the Commissioners of Sharptown.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 358^ of Article 23 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Wicomico
County", sub-title "Sharptown", said section having been
enacted by Chapter 29 of the Acts of 1941, be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

358½. Commissioners of Sharptown are hereby author-
ized to pledge the credit of the town of Sharptown and to
borrow on note or otherwise, from time to time, as they
may see fit, for general purposes, a sum or sums not
exceeding in the aggregate [Five Thousand Dollars
($5, 000. 00)] Ten Thousand Dollars ($10, 000. 00) at any
one time, at an interest rate of six per centum or less.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
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