684                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 391

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 6(d) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle
"Civil Jurisdiction," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, and that new Section 6(q) be and it is hereby added to
said Article and subtitle of the Code, to follow immediately after
Section 6(p) thereof, and both to read as follows:

6.

(d) Trial magistrates of Allegany, Cecil, Charles, [Washington]
and Queen Anne's counties shall have civil jurisdiction in all cases
hereinbefore mentioned in this section, instituted after June 1, 1959,
in Allegany County [,]; after June 1, 1955, in Cecil County [,];
after June 1, 1951, in Charles County [,]; [after June 1, 1953, in
Washington County, and] after June 1, 1959, in Queen Anne's County
[,]; and after June 1, 1963, in Frederick County and involving
amounts not exceeding five hundred dollars [,]; except that in Cecil
County cases involving in excess of $100.00 may be tried only before
the trial magistrate who sits in Elkton, provided, however, that the
substitute trial magistrate when sitting in Elkon may try cases involv-
ing in excess of $100.00.

(q) Trial magistrates of Washington County shall have civil juris-
diction in all cases hereinbefore mentioned in this section, instituted
after June 1, 1966, and involving amounts not exceeding one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00).

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 391
(House Bill 467)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 86 (i)
and 112 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition and 1965 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle
"Administration—Registration—Titling," to increase the penal-
ties for second and subsequent convictions of operating a motor
vehicle without having obtained an operator's license and for
operating a vehicle while the license is suspended, refused or re-
voked.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 86(i) and 112 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1965 Supplement), title "Motor
Vehicles," subtitle "Administration—Registration—Titling," be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

86.

(i) Violation of this section shall be deemed to be a misde-
meanor and upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine of