690 EVIDENCE—PAY OF WITNESSES. [ART. 35.

P. G. L., (1860,) art 37, sec. 10. 1797, ch 94, sec. 6 1886, ch. 165.

10. There shall be allowed to each witness attending the cir-
cuit courts for the counties or orphans' courts of this State, the sum

of one dollar for each day such witness shall attend for the discharge

of his duty, besides itinerant charges to be allowed to witnesses

coming from other counties; provided, that every such witness shall
obtain from the clerk of the court wherein he attended, or from
the register of wills, if such attendance was before an orphans'

court, a certificate or order showing the amount due him for such
attendance, and by whom the same is payable, within thirty days
after such attendance shall have been rendered; and the failure
to apply for such certificate or order within said time, shall be a
waiver by the witness of all claim to compensation for such atten-
dance.

Hutchins v. Eden, 3 H. & McH. 101. Davis v. Batty, 1 H. & J. 270, (note a.)

Ibid. sec. 11. 1791, ch. 68, sec. 7.

11. A witness summoned before a justice of the peace shall be
allowed thirty-three cents per day for each day's attendance.

Ibid sec. 12. 1789, ch. 35, sec. 8.

12. A witness summoned by a surveyor, in execution of an
order for a survey from the circuit court, shall be allowed the
same pay as in the circuit court, and payment may be enforced
by attachment or order from the court which issued the order for
the survey.

Ibid sec. 13. 1752, ch. 13.

13. Where a witness against any person accused of a crime,
cannot find security for his appearance to testify against the
person so accused, and for want of such security shall be com-
mitted to prison, the county where the prosecution shall be car-
ried on shall be chargeable with and pay the imprisonment fees
of such witness; and the county commissioners or the mayor
and city council of Baltimore shall levy the same from time to
time, as the case may require.

Ibid, sec 14 1809, ch. 138, sec. 24.

14. If any person shall be presented or indicted for a misde-
meanor, or any offence of an inferior nature, and shall on trial