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Ibid 3.3
Powers pre-
scribed.
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142. The said commissioner shall have and exer-
cise all the powers which are now possessed by the
judges of the circuit court of the several counties of
this state to issue process and compel service thereof
for the attendance of witnesses, as well as parties who
appear upon the indexes, records, dockets, papers or
any instrument of writing to be interested in prop-
erty laying in Baltimore county, or who may have
been connected with any deed, mortgage, bill of sale,
suit, bond or other instrument of writing or cause
pending in the circuit court for said county, the re-
cord of which or the original of which has been
either wholly or partially destroyed by fire, and it
shall be the duty of the sheriff of said county to
serve such process, for which service he shall be
entitled to receive the same fees as are now allowed
by law for like services, to be paid either by the
parties interested or by the county as the said com-
missioner may prescribe ; and after the said commis-
sioner has issued a summons for the attendance of
any person interested or connected as above de-
scribed, and the said party shall be returned by the
said sheriff as summoned, and the party so sum-
moned shall fail to appear as directed or give such
excuse for his or her non-appearance as shall seem
reasonable and proper in the judgment and discre-
tion of the said commissioner, then the said commis-
sioner is hereby authorized, empowered and directed
to impose a fine upon such person of not more than
fifty dollars nor less than five dollars and cost, and
every fine thus imposed, including the cost, shall be
regarded as a judgment in law ; and it shall be the
duty of the said commissioner to collect such fine
and cost in such manner as other judgments are now
collected in this state, and when collected to pay the
same over to the treasurer of said county, who is
authorized and directed to place the same to the
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