III.
PROCESS.
129. Writ of summons; how issued,
served and returned.
130. Personal appearance of defend-
ant; when to be entered.
131. Where some appear and some do
not, personal appearance to be
entered for those failing to ap-
pear.
132. Where defendants shall be sued,
excepted cases.
133. Trespasser; where suable.
134. Where captain or owner of ves-
sel may be sued for non-delivery
of goods shipped.
135. Jurisdiction of county lying on
navigable river.
136. Process for arrest of person com-
mitting crimes; how and where
to be issued.
137. Suits against devisees of deceased
debtor.
138. Writ of scire facias; how to be
served.
139. Duplicates of writs of scire facias
against heirs and terre-tenants,
when to be issued and how
served.
140. Joint action against heirs and
devisees living in different coun-
ties; duplicate writs may issue.
141. Summons for witnesses residing
in different counties; how to be
Issued.
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142. Attachment against such wit-
nesses for failure to appear.
143. How clerk shall Issue writs to
be served in any other county
than that of which he is clerk.
144. Clerks to send daily to the post-
office for their mail.
145. Clerk receiving and delivering
any process for another county
shall mail to the clerk of such
county a certificate of the facts.
146 Penalty for neglect of sections
143-145.
147. Expenses of postage and compen-
sation for transmission, how to
be paid.
148. Process to another county may
be sent by the clerk by any
person as well as by mail.
149. Service on the sheriff, where there
is no coroner, how to be made.
150. Court may appoint elisor where
there is no coroner to serve pro-
cess in cases in which the sheriff
is interested.
151. Power of elisor so appointed.
152. Vacancy to be filled by the court.
153. Process from counties to be made
returnable to superior court of
Baltimore city
154. Where service of process is for-
cibly resisted, how service is to-
be made.
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