1904 SHERIFFS. [ART. 87

general to institute the proper proceedings to vacate the office
of said sheriff and upon said vacation to appoint a successor
until the next general election. If the bond hereinbefore
required be filed within ninety days after the first day of Jan-
uary in any year, it shall, in addition to the provisions herein-
before required, be so conditioned as to make the obligors in
such bond responsible also for all official acts of said sheriff
committed or done by him from the said first day of January
up to the date of the filing of the said bond as well as there-
after.

Service of Process, Civil and Criminal, and Proceedings in
Cases of Failure to make due Return.

1888, art. 87, sec. 5. 1860, art. 88. sec. 8. 1785, ch. 72, sec. 23. 1794, ch. 54,
sec. 1. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 15, sec. 14. 1817, ch. 139, sec. 6.

5. All writs and process shall be directed to the sheriff,
unless he is disqualified, or except in cases where by law the
writ or process may be directed to another officer.
Johnson v. Foran, 58 Md. 149. Avirett v. State, 76 Md. 537.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1860, art. 88, sec. 9. 1817, ch. 139, sec. 6.

6. He shall serve and return all writs and process directed
to him according to the command contained therein.

Hayes v. Lusby, 5 H. & J. 485. Scott v. Bruce, 2 H. & G. 262. Hanson v.
Barnes' Lessee, 3 G. & J. 359. Turner v. Walker, 3 G. & J. 377. Naylor v.
Semmes, 4 G. & J. 273. State v. Lawson, 2 Gill, 62. Moreland v. Bowling,
3 Gill, 500. Nelson v. Turner, 2 Md. Ch. Dec. 73. Keedy v. Newcomer, 1
Md. 244 Gaither v. Martin, 3 Md. 146. Manahan v. Sammon, 3 Md. 463.
Elliott v. Knott, 14 Md. 121. Johnson v. Foran, 58 Md. 149.

Ibid. sec. 7. 1860, art. 88, sec. 11. 1780, ch. 10, sec 2. 1872, ch. 433.

7. He or his deputy, when he arrests a person on a writ for
any criminal offense not punishable by confinement in the
penitentiary, may take a bail-bond from the person so arrested
with security to be by him approved and in a penalty not
exceeding three hundred dollars, except in those cases where a
specific fine or penalty is prescribed for the commission of the
offense, in which cases the penalty of the bond shall be the
highest penalty or fine fixed by law, with condition that the
person so arrested shall appear in court on the day the said
writ is returnable and attend the court from day to day and
not depart therefrom without the leave of the said court; and
if the person so arrested cannot give bail-bond, he shall be