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The Maryland Code : Public General Laws and Public Local Laws, 1860
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ART. 4.] CITY OF BALTIMORE. 185

183. The clerk of said court shall tax only half the legal
charges in such cases, established by law in cases of indictment
found by a grand jury; and all cases of presentment for viola-
tion of the provisions of article fifty-six of the code, may be
tried upon said presentment, and be chargeable with only half
the legal costs chargeable in such cases, when tried upon indict-
ment.

184. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to make return of all
capias upon presentment or indictment, from said court, within
five days after the same is delivered to him by the clerk, and if
said capias is returned non est the clerk shall, in the discretion of
the State's Attorney of Baltimore city, order said capias to be
re-issued, and the same capias shall again be delivered to the
sheriff; and the date of the first return thereof shall be endorsed
thereon; and the second return shall be made within the time
above specified; and in case the said capias is returned the second
time non est, the same shall be again so endorsed and delivered
to the sheriff.

. 185. The clerk of the said court, and the sheriff of the said
city, shall be allowed only the foes for the issue of one capias, or
for the service of one capias in each term, however often the
same may be issued or returned.

186. All subpoenas for witnesses from said court, shall be re-
turned by the sheriff within six days after the same are issued
by the clerk, or within six days after the day of the renewal
of such subpoenas, unless the same are ordered to be returned
immediately, in which case they shall be so returned if practi-
cable,. »

187. The said sheriff shall be allowed for the service of one
subpoena only, against any witness that may be returned non est,
and for whom the said subpoena may be renewed, whether once
or oftener in one term.

188. The clerk of said court, if a subpoena is renewed by order
of the State's Attorney, or by the counsel of the prisoner or
traverser, shall endorse the renewal on the subpoena, and the
same shall have all the legal effect of a new subpoena issued in
the term of said court, during which said subpoena was first
issued.

 

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