PLEADINGS, PRACTICE AND PROCESS AT LAW 2865

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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 173. 1912, sec. 163. 1904, sec. 157. 1888, sec. 145. 1817, ch. 139, sec. 3.

173. 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 return-
able, 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 process is made returnable
and deposit it in the nearest postoffice to be conveyed to such clerk, endorsing
his name thereon as hereinbefore directed, and such certificate in all pro-
ceedings relating to the sheriff or other officer to whom any such writ or
process was directed shall be competent 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 174. 1912, sec. 164. 1904, sec. 158. 1888, sec. 146. 1817, ch. 139, sec. 5.

174. 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 175. 1912, sec. 165. 1904, sec. 159. 1888, sec. 147. 1817, ch. 139, sec. 4.

175. The expenses of postage incurred by the respective clerks, and a
reasonable compensation for their services in the transmission, delivery
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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 176. 1912, sec. 166. 1904, sec. 160. 1888, sec. 148. 1817, ch. 139.

176. 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 177. 1912, sec. 167. 1904, sec. 161. 1888, sec. 149. 1841, ch. 109.

177. In all cases where there is no coroner in a county, the plaintiff
may file his declaration against the sheriff and his securities, or against the
person who is f or the time the sheriff, when the suit is against him or his
individual account, and have a copy thereof set up at the court-house door
at least ten days before the sitting of the court in which the suit is brought,