1698 PLEADINGS, PRACTICE AND PROCESS AT LAW. [ART. 75

clerk, he shall issue the same directed to the sheriff, coroner or
other proper officer of such other county to whom the same
ought to be directed, and shall immediately enclose such process
in a letter or cover, sealed up and addressed to the clerk of the
circuit court for such other county, or the clerk of the superior
court of Baltimore city, and on the back thereof shall endorse
his name as clerk of the court from which it issues, and shall
forthwith 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 pur-
pose thereof.

1888, art. 75, sec. 144. 1860, art. 75, sec 105. 1817, ch. 139, sec 2

156. 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. 145. 1860, art. 75, sec. 106. 1817, ch. 139, sec. 3.

157. 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 postoffice 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