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350 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.
days after the same is delivered to him by the clerk; and if said
capias is returned non est, the clerk shall, in the discretion of the
State's attorney of Baltimore city, order said capias to be re-issued,
and the same capias shall again be delivered to the sheriff; and
the date of the first return thereof shall be endorsed thereon; and
the second return shall be made within the time above specified ;
and in case the said capias is returned the second time non est,
the same shall be again so endorsed and delivered to the sheriff.
P. L L., (1860,) art. 4. sec. 185.
190. The clerk of said court and the sheriff of the said city
shall be allowed only the fees for the issue of one capias, or for
the service of one capias in each term, however often the same
may be issued or returned.
Ibid. sec. 186.
191. All subpoenas for witnesses from said court shall be
returned by the sheriff within six days after the same are issued
by the clerk, or within six days after the day of the renewal of
such subpoenas, unless the same are ordered to be returned
immediately, in which case they shall be so returned, if practic-
able.
Ibid. sec. 187.
192. The said sheriff shall be allowed for the service of one
subpoena only, against any witness that may be returned non est,
and for whom the said subpoena may be renewed, whether once
or oftener in one term.
Ibid. sec. 188.
193. The clerk of said court, if a subpoena is renewed by order
of the State's attorney, or by the counsel of the prisoner or trav-
erser, shall endorse the renewal on the subpoena, and the same
shall have all the legal effect of a new subpoena issued in the
term of said court during which said subpoena was first issued.
Ibid. sec. 189.
194. The sheriff of said city shall be subject to a penalty of
five dollars in each case in which returns are not made within the
time prescribed in this sub-title of this article.
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