Sec. 4. The writ of habeas corpus shall be
served by delivering it to the officer or other person
to whom it is directed, or by leaving it at the prison
or place in which the party sueing it out is de-
tained, and such officer or other person shall forth-
with, or within such reasonable time as the Court
shall direct, make his return of the writ and
cause the person detained to be brought before the
Court or Judge, according to the command of the
writ, and shall likewise certify the true cause of
his detainer or imprisonment (if any) or under
what color or pretence such person is confined or
restrained of his liberty.

Service of
writ.

Sec. 2. And. be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.
CHAPTER 416.

In force.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to pay
William Schley and John M. Frazier for legal
services.

Passed Mar.
22,1867.

SECTION 1. Belt enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the Trea-
sury be, and he is hereby directed to issue his
warrant upon the Treasurer to pay to William
Schley and John M. Frazier, each, the sum of
three hundred dollars, for legal services in the
case of the State Board of Education against the
School Commissioners of Baltimore City.

Appropria-
tion.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

In force.