1696 PLEADINGS, PRACTICE AND PROCESS AT LAW. [ART. 75

received on board of his vessel or in the city or county in
which the delivery was by the contract to be made in the same
manner as he can now be sued in the county in which he
resides.

1888, art. 75, sec. 135. 1860, art. 75, sec. 90. 1704, ch. 92, sec. 3.

147. Every county lying on any navigable river in this
State shall extend its jurisdiction from the shore to the channel
of the river that divides the counties except where a dividing
line has been fixed in such river by law, and, where any ship or
other vessel shall be in said river, process may be served on
board the said ship or vessel by the officers of either county
that can first serve it; but if she is moored or fastened to the
land on either side of said river, then she shall be considered
as in the county to whose shore she is fastened.

Acton v. State, 80 Md. 549.

Ibid. sec. 136. 1860, art. 75, sec. 91. 1793, ch. 57, sec. 31.

148. If any person shall commit any crime or offense in
any county of which he is not an inhabitant, or if any person
shall commit any crime or offense in the county of which he
is an inhabitant and shall remove after the commission thereof
and shall be presented or indicted in the county where the
crime or offense shall have been committed, the court before
which such presentment or indictment shall be found, may
issue process against such person, directed to the sheriff of
the county where such person may reside, and the sheriff shall
serve and return such process as if issued by a court of his
county, and upon neglect or delay, may be fined by the court
issuing the same.

Ibid. sec. 137. 1860, art. 75, sec, 92. 1815, ch. 149, sec. 4.

149. Where a testator devises lands and dies in debt, any
of his creditors may sue his devisees without making his heirs
at law parties, unless such heirs are known to the plaintiff and
reside in this State.

Ibid, sec 138. 1860, art. 75, sec 93. 1854, ch. 75

150. It shall not be necessary for an officer, in serving any
writ of scire facias, or attachment with clause of scire facias,
to serve the same in the presence of witnesses.

Ibid. sec. 139 1860, art. 75, sec 94. 1812, ch 145, sec. 1
151. In case of writs of scire facias against heirs and terre-
tenants, where any of the heirs or terre-tenants reside in