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the same; and such administrator or other person shall be
subject to the same penalty for neglect or failure to make such
delivery which is appointed in the preceding section.

1888, art. 52, sec 17. 1860, art. 51, sec. 11. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.

18. The clerks to whom such dockets and papers are
delivered shall keep the same as other records and shall
deliver transcripts from the dockets or papers so returned to
any person applying for the same.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1860, art. 51, sec. 12. 1809, ch. 76, sec. 4. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1.

19. Any justice of the peace of the same county may issue
process of any sort on a copy of another justice's docket made
by the clerk, if the docket has been delivered to him, that he
might issue if the docket had been kept by himself.

Process and Practice.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1860, art 51, sec. 17. 1818, ch. 166, sec. 2.

20. No justice of the peace shall grant any blank summons
or execution to any constable or party; and any justice so
granting a blank summons or execution shall, on conviction, be
fined not less than one hundred dollars and not exceeding four
hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 20. 1860, art. 51, sec. 18. 1791, ch. 68, sec. 6. 1841, ch. 139.

1852, ch. 76, sec. 3.

21. The process to be issued by justices of the peace in
civil cases shall be a summons, wherein shall be stated briefly
the purpose for which the party is summoned, and shall be
made returnable before the justice issuing the same, or before
some other justice to be named therein, on a day to be stated
in said summons, not exceeding forty days from the time of
issuing the same.

Ibid. sec. 21. 1860, art. 51, sec. 19. 1852, ch. 76, sec. 3.

22. If the summons shall be returned "summoned" and
the defendant shall fail to appear on the return day thereof,
then the justice shall fix a day of trial, not less than six nor
more than fourteen days from the return day, and on such day
proceed to try such case ex parte; the defendant to have the
right to appear at any time before judgment and make any
defense he may have as if he had appeared at the return day
of the summons.

Wagner v Shank, 59 Md 321. Fahey v. Mottu, 67 Md. 254 Mottu v
Fahey, 78 Md. 390. Weed v. Lewis, 80 Md. 128.