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ing the prosecution shall be paid by the person at whose in-
stance such prosecution was commenced, unless the court shall
certify that there was probable cause for the prosecution.

341. The same process may be issued for the recovery of
the costs and expenses of such prosecution against the person
who may become liable therefor under the last preceding sec-
tion, as could be issued against the party prosecuted, if he had
been convicted.

342. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall not be
liable in any criminal cases tried in the Criminal Court of Balti-
more for the appearance fees allowed by law to the attorney of
the traverser.

343. Whenever the Grand Jury shall find any presentment
against any person for misdemeanor they shall endorse on the
presentment the name of the person at whose instance such pre-
sentment is made, who shall be deemed and taken to be the per-
son at whose instance such prosecution was commenced.

344. If any security in any recognizance shall request to
deliver up the principal, said court, or the judge thereof in the
recess, may accept such surrender, and may require and take
other recognizance, or commit the principal to jail until he
gives such security as the law requires.

345. If any person convicted in said court shall have a child
or children under the age of twenty-one years, and shall not
have property sufficient to maintain such child or children, the
said court may bind such child or children to any trade or
handicraft; females until the age of sixteen, and males until the
age of twenty-one years.

346. If any person who shall be summoned as a witness to
said court shall fail to attend as required in said summons, he
shall be fined by said court in its discretion, not exceeding one
hundred and fifty dollars.

347. In all criminal cases in the said court in which bail
shall be forfeited, the person who shall have entered into such
recognizance for the appearance of any traverser or prisoner