ART. 75] PROCESS——FROM OTHER COUNTIES——SHERIFF. 1699

to apply to writs of fieri facias and attachments sent from one
county to another.

1888, art. 75, see. 146. 1860, art. 75, sec. 107. 1817, ch. 139, sec. 5.

158. Every clerk who shall neglect or delay to perform the
duties required by the three preceding sections shall forfeit
and pay a sum not exceeding fifty dollars for every refusal or
neglect, for the use of the State.

Ibid sec 147. 1860, art. 75, sec. 108. 1817, ch. 139, sec. 4.

159. The expense of postage incurred by the respective
clerks, and a reasonable compensation for their services in the
transmission, delivery and receipt of process from one county
to another shall be allowed to them by the county commis-
sioners of their respective counties, and mayor and city council
of Baltimore.

Ibid. sec. 148. 1860, art. 75, sec. 109. 1817, ch. 139.

160. Any process directed to another county instead of
being sent by mail, as hereinbefore directed, may be sent by
any person, and upon proof of the delivery of the same to
the sheriff or other officer to the satisfaction of the court from
which the same was issued, such delivery shall have the same
effect to charge the sheriff or other officer as if delivered
under the provisions of the preceding sections.

Ibid. sec. 149. 1860, art. 75, sec. 110. 1841, ch. 109.
181. In all cases where there is no coroner in a county, the
plaintiff may file his declaration against the sheriff and his
securities, or against the person who is for the time the sheriff,
when the suit is against him or his individual account, and
have a copy thereof set up at the court-house door at least
ten days before the sitting of the court in which the suit is
brought, and if no appearance by the defendant before the first
three days of the term be made, judgment shall be entered up
against them; provided, that the plaintiff shall make affidavit
of the truth of the demand; and if the State shall be plaintiff
in its own right, then a statement of the comptroller in his own
handwriting shall be evidence of the amount due the State;
but no execution shall issue on such judgment until twelve
months after said third day of the term.

Ibid. sec. 150. 1860, art. 75, sec. 111. 1794, ch. 54, sec. 5. 1843, ch. 271.

162. When the sheriff is a party to or interested in any suit

or proceeding in any court so as to be disqualified from serving