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death by accident, mischance or in any other manner, except where the
said person died in jail, or where there are such circumstances attending
the death or case as to amount to a strong probability or reasonable belief
that the deceased came to his death by felony.

An. Code, sec. 4. 1904, sec. 4. 1888, sec. 4. 1846, ch. 168, sec. 1.

4. Whenever a jury shall be convened by a coroner or justice of the
peace acting as coroner, on the body of any person found dead, or supposed
to have died from violence, within this State, whereon any marks of vio-
lence shall appear, the jurors after being sworn, and also the coroner or
justice, may require the attendance of some physician practising within
the county or city where such jury shall meet, to inform himself, by due
examination of the deceased, of the cause of his death, and to testify and
give evidence before the said jury and coroner, or justice, in the premises.

An. Code, sec. 5. 1904, sec. 5. 1888, sec. 5. 1846, ch. 168, sec. 2.

5. If any physician summoned to testify on a coroner's inquest shall
neglect or refuse to attend or to make the examination required by the pre-
ceding section, or to give evidence as aforesaid, he may be fined as any other
witness.

An. Code, sec. 6. 1904, sec. 6. 1888, sec. 6. 1846, ch. 168, sec. 3.

6. The said coroner or justice, in the account of expenses rendered to
the county commissioners, or mayor and city council, for holding such
inquest, shall include such sum for the said physician as the said coroner,
or justice, and jurors, shall deem just, not less than five or more than ten
dollars, which sum shall, with the other expenses of the inquest, be paid
by the county or city.

An. Code, sec. 7. 1904, sec. 7. 1888, sec. 7. 1831, ch. 250, sec. 2.

7. Whenever it shall be necessary for a coroner to bury any deceased
person he shall provide a coffin and decently bury him; and the county
commissioners of the county where the persons shall have been found, or
the mayor and city council of Baltimore, if he shall have been found in
said city, shall make such allowance to said coroner as they may deem just
and reasonable therefor, to be levied and paid as other county or city
charges.

An. Code, sec. 8. 1904, sec. 8. 1888, sec. 8. 1785, ch. 72, secs. 23, 24. 1794, ch. 54, sec. 5.

1797, ch. 95.

8. In all cases where the sheriff is interested, or nearly related to any
of the parties, or otherwise disqualified to act, all process shall be issued
to the coroner, if there be one in the county or city qualified to act in such
case, who shall perform all the duties of such disqualified sheriff, and be
subject to the same liabilities and be proceeded against in the same manner,
and shall have the same rights and remedies.