310 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 179

13H. MANNER AND PLACE OF EXECUTION. Such warrant
shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom
directed to arrest the accused at any time and any place where
he may be found within the state and to command the aid of all
peace officers or other persons in the execution of the warrant,
and to deliver the accused, subject to the provisions of this
act to the duly authorized agent of the demanding state.

131. AUTHORITY OF ARRESTING OFFICER. Every such peace
officer or other person empowered to make the arrest, shall
have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command
assistance therein, as peace officers have by law in the execu-
tion of any criminal process directed to them, with like pen-
alties against those who refuse their assistance.

13J. RIGHTS OF ACCUSED PERSON; APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS. No person arrested upon such warrant shall
be delivered over to the agent whom the Executive Authority
demanding him shall have appointed to receive him unless he
shall be first taken forthwith before a judge of a court of rec-
ord in this state, who shall inform him of the demand made for
his surrender and of the crime with which he is charged, and
that he has the right to demand and procure legal counsel; and
if the prisoner or his counsel shall state that he or they desire
to test the legality of his arrest, the judge of such court of
record shall fix a reasonable time to be allowed him within
which to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. When such writ
is applied for, notice thereof, and of the time and place of
hearing thereon, shall be given to the prosecuting officer of
the county or the City of Baltimore in which the arrest is
made and in which the accused is in custody, and to the said
agent of the demanding state.

13K. PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PRECEDING SEC-
TION. Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition
of the demanding state a person in his custody under the
Governor's warrant, in willful disobedience to the last section,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be
subject to a fine of not more than $1, 000. 00, or be imprisoned
not more than six months, or both, the trial of said case to be
conducted in the Circuit Court of the County, or in the Grim-