950                              Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 616

VIDED FOR BY ARTICLE IV, SECTION 41C OF THE CONSTI-
TUTION OF THIS STATE, AND FOUR ADDITIONAL ASSO-
CIATE JUDGES.

108.   Divisions and Parts. Said Court shall be divided in two
divisions, the Criminal Division and the Traffic Division. The Divi-
sions of the Court shall sit in such number of parts, including one
Housing part in the Criminal Division, as the Court may from time
to time determine. All offenses arising under Section 109, sub-section
(a), Sub-subsection (24), of this subtitle shall be tried in the Traffic
Division of said Court. All offenses involving violations of Ordi-
nances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or Acts of the
General Assembly regulating building, weights and measures, zon-
ing, health, or sanitary matters, within the jurisdiction of the Court,
shall be tried in the Housing Part of the Criminal Division of said
court. All other offenses within the jurisdiction of said Court shall be
tried in the remaining parts of the Criminal Division.

109.   Jurisdiction, (a) Said Court shall have jurisdiction to hear,
try and determine the case of every person who may be charged
with the commission, in the City of Baltimore, of any one or more
of the offenses hereinafter set forth. All references to "Maryland
Code" are to the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Ed.). All refer-
ences to "City Code" are to Flack's Baltimore City Code (1950 Ed.).
All references to "Charter" are to Flack's Charter and Public Local
Laws of Baltimore City (1949 Ed.). All references are to such
statutes as amended prior to the effective date of this Act and as
said statutes may be hereby or hereafter amended, repealed and re-
enacted, modified or changed.

(1)  Abandoned or unattended ice box violations under City Code,
Article 24, Section 12A (Ordinance 1151, approved June 29, 1954)
and Maryland Code, Article 27, Section 334.

(2)  Alcoholic beverage offenses concerning minors or intoxicated
persons under City Code, Article 24, Sections 30 through 31, Mary-
land Code, Article 27, Sections 400 through 403, and Maryland
Code, Article 2B, Section 118.

(3) Any offense or matter not specifically enumerated herein, which
the Justices of the Peace of Baltimore City, including the Police
Magistrates of Baltimore City, the Chief Police Magistrate of Balti-
more City, the Magistrates-at-Large for Baltimore City, the Magis-
trates of the Traffic Court of Baltimore City, and the Chief Magis-
trate of the Traffic Court of Baltimore City had jurisdiction to hear,
try and determine as of the day immediately preceding the first Mon-
day in May, 1961.

(4)  Any offense consisting of an act done or omitted to be done
in the City of Baltimore, the doing or omission of which act, is or
may be punishable under any Act of the General Assembly of this
State or any ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
by pecuniary fine only, not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000).

(5)  Assault and assault and battery.

(6)  Blackjack and metal knuckles violations under City Code,
Article 24, Section 173.