The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
Public Local Laws
published by authority

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact WITH
amendments Section 344 Of the Code
of Public Local Laws Of Prince
Georges County, as enacted by
CHAPTER B15 Of the Acts Of the Gene
raj Assembly of Maryland, Session Of
1908, title Removal of Cases"
-sHcr1oN /. Be it enac,ed by the
General Assemble of Maryland, That
Section 344 Of the Code Of Public Local
Laws of Prince Georges County, az
enacted by Chapter S16 Of the Acts OF
the General Assembly Of Maryland,
Session of 1908, be and the same is
hereby repealed and ro-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:
SEC. 344. Any defendant or his
agent or attorney who shall make sug-
gestion in writing upon oath. before
any officer duly authorized to take &C.
acknowledgements of deeds or mortga-
ges under the laws OF the State OF
Maryland, that he does not believe such
defendant can have . fair and impair
tial trial in any civil or criminal case
pending before any justice Of the peace
of Prince Georges County IN which
such defendant is party, shall have
the right at any time before trial upon
making said written suggestion and
oath as aforesaid to have such pending
case removed before . justice OF the
peace in an election district adjoining
the district in which the said case was
instituted. The justice before whom
such case was instituted shall upon
payment of his costs accured to the
date of removal in civil cases designate
a Justice of the peace in an adjoining
election district as aforesaid and forth
with transfer all the papers and a re-
cord of his proceedings to the case to
said Justice to whom such case shall be
removed, aud the justice to whom such
case shall he removed, shall forthwith
set the case for trial at time net less
than six nor more than fourteen day2
from the date of the receipt Of the pap
ers and shall issue such summons IS
may be necessary; and shall at once
notify the plaintiff and defendant, or
their respective attorneys, OF the time
so set for trial, and shall take such
further action in the case as il the same
had been originally instituted before
him: but where any defendant in any
criminal case pending before justice
of the peace in Prince Georges County,
State Of Maryland, makes oath as above
set forth in this Section, he shall not be
required to pay to said justice OF the
peace the costs accured to date before
said case shall be removed to All ad-
Joining district aud before another
Justice of the peace for trial, but upon
his having made the oath as above re-
quired, the justice OF the peace shall
forthwith send his case to another JUS
tice in an adjoining district, and said
Justice to whom said defendants case
Is removed, shall fix such reasonable
time for the trial Of the defendant, as
the nature of his offense requires, and
that law and justice demadds. Pro-
viddd that in any case instituted be-
fore justice of the peace in Laurel
district of said County, the removal
herein before provided for mayt Re made
to another justice Of the peace in Laurel
district or to an adjoining district, at
the discretion of the party or parties
making said affidavit or removal.
SEC 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect from the
datH of its passage.
Approved March 80, 1914.
P. L. GOLDSBCROUGH,
Governor.
JESSE D. PRICE,
President of the Senate
JAMES McC Triple,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate:
I Hereby Certify, That the aforegoing
is true copy of an Act Of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the
January Session, 1914.
JOHN r. SULLIVAN,
Secretary of the Senate.