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PROCEEDINGS IN ACTIONS AT LAW. [ART. 64.

shall immediately inclose such process in a letter or cover, sealed up
and addressed to the clerk of the Circuit Court of such other county,
or the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, and on the hack
thereof shall indorse his name as clerk of the court from which it
issues, and shall forthwith deposit the same in the next post-office,
to he conveyed by the ensuing mail to the post-office at or nearest
to which the clerk of such other court shall reside; and in such
letter or cover shall be written the usual docket entry of such pro-
cess, so as to show the parties concerned, and the nature and pur-
pose thereof.

Id s 105
1817. c 139. s 2
Clerks to send
to post-office
daily

138. Each clerk of the Circuit Courts for the several counties,
and the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, shall send
to the post-office 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

To indorse time
of receipt and
deliver to
officer.

he shall immediately indorse 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 indorse
thereon the time of such delivery.

Id B 106
1817, c 139, s 3
Certificate of
receipt and de-
livery to be sent
to court issuing
process

130. Every clerk who shall receive and deliver any writ or pro-
cess 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 con-
tained the same), the time when he received the same, the delivery
thereof to the officer to whom it was directed, and the time of such

Certificate
evidence of
delivery

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 post-office, to be conveyed to such clerk, indorsing 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 competent and sufficient evi-

To apply to
writs of fieri
facias and
attachments

dence to prove the delivery of such process to such officer; the pro-
visions of this and the preceding section to apply to writs of fieri
facias and attachments sent from one county to another

Id s 107
1817, c. 139, s 5
Penalty of
neglect by
clerk

140. 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.

Id s 108
1817, c 139, s 4
Expense of
postage

141. The expense 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 coun-
ties, and mayor and city council of Baltimore.

Id s 109
1817, c 139
May be sent by
private hand

142. 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