556 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 297

furnish bills and receive taxes on or before the first day
of February in each year.

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

Approved April 6, 1953.

CHAPTER 297

(Senate Bill 439)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-
section (c) of Section 6 of Article 52 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Justices of the
Peace", sub-title "Civil Jurisdiction", and to add a new
sub-section to said section, said new sub-section to be
known as sub-section (g) and to follow immediately
after sub-section (f) of said section, relating to the civil
jurisdiction of Trial Magistrates in St. Mary's County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That sub-section (c) of Section 6 of Article 52 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Justices of
the Peace", sub-title "Civil Jurisdiction", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and
that a new sub-section be and it is hereby added to said
section, said new sub-section to be known as sub-section
(g) and to follow immediately after sub-section (f) of said
section and all to read as follows:

6.

(c) In all cases of the types mentioned in Sub-section
(a) of this section which involves amounts not exceeding
$300. 00, Trial Magistrates of Allegany, Anne Arundel,
Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford, Montgomery, [St.
Mary's, ] Washington and Wicomico Counties shall have
civil jurisdiction, except that in Cecil County cases involv-
ing in excess of $100. 00 may be tried only before the Trial
Magistrate who sits in Elkton.

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.