1702 PLEADINGS, PRACTICE AND PROCESS AT LAW. [ART. 75

the postoffice nearest his residence daily (if mails arrive at said office
daily, and if not, as often as they arrive) and .inquire for letters and
covers addressed to him, and if he receive any writ or process, he shall
immediately endorse the time when he receives the same, and with all
convenient speed deliver the same to the sheriff or other officer to whom
the same may be directed, and shall also endorse thereon the time of
such delivery.

1904, art. 75, sec. 157. 1888, art. 75, sec. 145. 1860, art. 75, sec. 106.
1817, ch. 139, sec. 3.

163. Every clerk who shall receive and deliver any writ or process
as directed in the preceding section shall transmit by the mail, and in
due time before the session of the court to which such process shall be
returnable, a certificate under his hand and seal of office, setting forth
the receipt of such process (which he shall describe in the manner in
which it is written in the letter or cover which contained the same) the
time when he received the same and delivery thereof to the officer to
whom it was directed, and the time of such delivery, which certificate
he shall seal up and address to the clerk of the court to which the pro-
cess is made returnable and deposit it in the nearest postoffice to be con-
veyed to such clerk, endorsing his name thereon as hereinbefore directed,
and such certificate in all proceedings relating to the sheriff or other
officer to whom any such writ or process was directed shall be com-
petent and sufficient evidence to prove the delivery of such process to
such officer; the provisions of this and the preceding section to apply
to writs of fieri facias and attachments sent from one county to another.

Ibid. sec. 158. 1888, art. 75, sec. 146. 1860, art. 75, sec. 107.
1817, ch. 139, sec. 5.

164. Every clerk who shall neglect or delay to perform the duties
required by the three preceding sections shall forfeit and pay a sum not
exceeding fifty dollars for every refusal or neglect, for the use of the
State.

Ibid. sec. 159. 1888, art. 75, sec. 147. 1860, art. 75, sec. 108.
1817, ch. 139, sec. 4.

165. The expense of postage incurred by the respective clerks, and
a reasonable compensation for their services in the transmission, deliv-
ery and receipt of process from one county to another shall be allowed
to them by the county commissioners of their respective counties, and
mayor and city council of Baltimore.

Ibid. sec. 160. 1888, art. 75, sec. 148. 1860. art. 75. sec. 109.
1817, ch. 139.

166. Any process directed to another county instead of being sent
by mail, as hereinbefore directed, may be sent by any person, and upon
proof of the delivery of the same to the sheriff or other officer to the
satisfaction of the court from which the same was issued, such delivery
shall have the same effect to charge the sheriff or other officer as if
delivered under the provisions of the preceding sections.