668 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 384
fine for such offense, and in case such bond or under-
taking shall not be given or deposit made as aforesaid,
the provisions of law in reference to bail in cases of mis-
demeanor shall apply. Provided, however, that if any
person arrested for the violation of any of the provisions
of this sub-title or of any, public local law or of any mu-
nicipal ordinance or police regulation of Baltimore City,
or of any incorporated town or city in Maryland
regulating traffic, is a resident of the State of Mary-
land and a resident of a county or the City of Bal-
timore, other than that in which the arrest is made,
or is a resident of the county or the City of Bal-
timore in which the arrest is made, such person shall
have the right to demand and receive, and it shall be the
duty of the officer or officers arresting such person to in-
form him of his right to make such demand and to comply
with such demand if made, a summons requiring him to
appear upon a day to be named therein before said Justice
of the Peace, Police Justice, or if in Baltimore City before
the Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court, and the per-
son so arrested shall signify his willingness to appear
before the Justice of the Peace, Police Justice, or Justice
of the Peace of the Traffic Court if in Baltimore City,
named in said summons on the day named therein, by en-
dorsing his name and address on said summons, and fail-
ing so to appear, the said Justice of the Peace, Police
Justice, or Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court, as
the case may be, before whom said summons is made re-
turnable, shall forthwith issue to the Sheriff of the county
or City of Baltimore, as the case may be, where the person
so summoned resides, a warrant for the arrest of said
person, which warrant shall be executed in due course
by the Sheriff to whom directed and the person so ar-
rested shall be delivered by the said Sheriff on the day
named therein for the return of the writ to the Justice
of the Peace, Police Justice or Justice of the Peace of the
Traffic Court issuing said warrant. All costs and ex-
penses incurred by the Sheriff in the execution of said
warrant shall be assessed against and collected from the
person so arrested by the Justice of the Peace, Police
Justice or Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court to
whom said writ is returnable, and by him remitted to the
Sheriff who shall have executed said warrant. But no
person shall have the right to demand and receive a sum-
mons as hereinbefore provided in the following cases:
(a) In case of arrest for violation of Section 197 of
this Article.
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