1258                               Laws of Maryland                         Ch. 528

of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) or more, the
District Court and the Circuit Court shall have concurrent juris-
diction, but in all other cases the District Court shall have exclusive
original jurisdiction. If any person is charged with an offense or
offenses within the jurisdiction of the District Court, and also an
offense or offenses not within the jurisdiction of the court arising out
of the same circumstances, the person shall be originally proceeded
against in the Circuit Court in the county within which the offense
or offenses are alleged to have been committed, or in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore if the offense or offenses are alleged to have
occurred within the city, and such court shall have jurisdiction over
each such offense.

(5)    Venue. (i) Each District Court shall have jurisdiction to
hear and determine cases involving violations described in para-
graphs 1, 2 and 3 of Subsection (b) hereof committed within each
respective district provided that within each district the defendant
shall be tried within the county in which the crime or offense was
committed or the City of Baltimore, if the offense was committed
therein, and unless the case is lawfully removed.

(it) In every case described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Subsection
(b) hereof, the defendant shall have a right at any time prior to
trial to demand a trial by jury in which case the matter shall be
removed for trial to the Circuit Court in the county in which the
offense occurred or to the Criminal Court of Baltimore if the offense
occurred therein.

(6)    Warrants, Bond, Bail. Every District Court judge shall
have the power to issue warrants of arrest and warrants for search
and seizure or for interception of communications, when and in the
manner authorized by law; and he shall have the power to set bond or
bail or to release on bond, personal or otherwise, to commit to jail
in default of bond, to forfeit bonds upon failure of the defendant
to meet the conditions of the bond, and to exercise all of the powers
of Justices of the Peace under the Constitution of 1867.

(7)    Writs. Every District Court judge shall have the power to
issue writs of Habeas Corpus ad testificandum, writs of Habeas
Corpus ad prosequendum, and writs of error cor am nobis.

(8)    Appointment of Counsel. Every District Court judge shall
have the power to appoint counsel to represent indigent defendants
within the jurisdiction of the court and shall have the authority to
grant fees to said attorneys as prescribed by LAW OR rule, which
shall be paid by the State of Maryland.

(9)    Alcoholics and Mental Cases. Every District Court judge
shall have the power and authority to commit persons suffering
from acute or chronic alcoholism or who are habitually addicted to
narcotic drugs, to one of the State Hospitals for evaluation, treat-
ment and observation under such terms and conditions as he may
determine, and every District Court shall be held to be included
within the term "Court" as used in Article 59, Sections 7 through 14
SUBTITLE "INSANITY AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL CASES"
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1957 Edition, as amended; and
each judge of the District Court shall have the same power and
authority exercised by any judge of the Circuit Court for the pur-
poses set forth in those sections, including the determination of