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the same were tried, setting forth in said return the names of the
several parties to whom said costs and expenses are due, the
several amounts thereof, and in what county said parties re-
spectively reside.

3. So much of the said costs and expenses as are due to
persons resident in the county where said cases are tried or re-
moved to, shall first be paid by that county, in the same manner
as similar costs and expenses in cases originating in said county.

4. The county commissioners of the county from whence such
cases are removed shall, at the first annual levy after the said
returns made by the clerks, levy in gross for the use of the county
where said cases are removed for trial, so much of the said costs
and expenses as are required by the preceding section to be first
paid by that county, and the residue for the several parties en-
titled thereto by said return.

5. The returns of the clerks of the courts required by this ar-
ticle shall be made annually in the month of June, between the
first and tenth of said month, and for each neglect by any clerk
of the duties imposed by this article in relation thereto, he shall
forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, recoverable by indict-
ment, one-half to the informer, and the other half to the county
of which he is clerk.

6. The preceding sections of this article shall be applicable to
all cases removed to or from the city of Baltimore, and in cases
removed from said city, the returns hereinbefore required to be
made to the county commissioners shall be made to the mayor
and city council of Baltimore, who shall levy and pay the costs
in the same manner as the county commissioners are herein-
before directed to levy and pay the same.

7. No person who may be prosecuted for any misdemeanor or
offence and discharged by the court on submission, or fined not
exceeding fifteen cents, or prosecuted for any crime and acquitted
on trial by jury, shall be burdened with the payment of any costs
or fees accruing on such prosecution, but all such costs and fees,
with the legal costs of the party accused, shall be paid by the
county; and no person taken upon any warrant or capias on
presentment where no bill of indictment is found, shall be liable
to pay or give security for costs, but such costs shall be paid by
the county.