ART. 75.] PROCESS—WRITS TO OTHER COUNTIES. 1157

deposit the same in the next postoffice, to be conveyed by the
ensuing mail to the postoffice 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 process, so as to show the
parties concerned, and the nature and purpose thereof.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 75, sec. 105. 1817, ch 139, sec 2.

144. Each clerk of the circuit courts for the several counties,
and the clerk of the superior court of Baltimore city, shall send
to the postoffice 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.

Ibid. sec. 106. 1817, ch. 139, sec. 3.

145. 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 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 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 post office, to be conveyed
to such clerk, endorsing 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 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.

Ibid. sec. 107. 1817, ch. 139, sec. 6.

146. Every clerk who shall neglect or delay to perform the
duties required by the three preceding sections shall forfeit and