J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                             953

(2)  Whenever any person is charged with an offense within the
jurisdiction of the Court, and the State's Attorney of Baltimore City,
shall represent to the Court that the interests of the State JUSTICE
would best be served by proceeding against said person in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, in connection with the trial of any other charges
against the same person there pending, or in connection with the trial
of charges there pending against another person, arising in the latter
case, out of related matters and facts, the person so charged in the
Court shall be proceeded against in the Criminal Court of Baltimore.

(3)   Whenever any Judge of the Court shall, in his discretion,
determine in any case within the jurisdiction of the Court, that the
interests of justice would best be served by trying the charge against
the person appearing before him in the Criminal Court of Balti-
more, the said Judge may, before trial, waive jurisdiction in the
matter.

(4) In cases in which the person charged is to be, or may be,
originally proceeded against in the Criminal Court of Baltimore,
under sub-subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this sub-section, the Court
shall proceed as provided for in cases beyond its jurisdiction under
Section 115 of this Article.

110.  Maximum Sentences. (a) Notwithstanding that a greater
imprisonment or fine may be permitted by statutory or common law,
for any offense within the jurisdiction of said Court, the Court shall
have no power to impose any imprisonment in excess of three years,
or any fine in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), or both fine
and imprisonment in excess of three years and One Thousand Dol-
lars, for any one offense before it.

(b) The foregoing limitation shall not be construed as preventing
the imposition of concurrent or consecutive sentences of imprison-
ment, or of separate fines for each offense, or both, where two or
more offenses are consolidated for trial, provided the sentence im-
posed for every one of said offenses is within the limitation of sub-
section (a) of this Section.

111.  Jury Trial, (a) Request by person charged. It shall be the
duty of every Judge of said Court, sitting in the Criminal Division
thereof, before proceeding to hear, try and determine therein any
charges within the jurisdiction of said Court, to inform the person
charged of his right to a jury trial If a jury trial be prayed by
the person so charged, the Judge shall thereupon determine whether
probable cause exists for believing that said person is guilty of any
one or more of the offenses charged. If the Judge shall determine
that such probable cause does exist, he shall forthwith commit or
hold the said person charged to bail for trial in the Criminal Court
of Baltimore, and endorse on the commitment or recognizance the
fact of a jury trial having been prayed. If the Judge shall determine
that probable cause does not exist as to any one or more of the
offenses charged, said charges shall be dismissed.

(b) Request by State. In any case in which any person may be
charged in the Criminal Division of said Court with any offense
which is within the jurisdiction of the Court and which, by statu-
tory or common law, is punishable by either imprisonment, or fine,
or both, in excess of the maximum imprisonment, or fine, or both,
which can be imposed by said Court, but not otherwise, the State's