298                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 2

SUBPOENA OR SUMMONS, ORDER THAT A WITNESS BE FORTHWITH
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND DELIVERED TO AN OFFICER OF THE
REQUESTING STATE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE WITNESS
MAY BE ADMITTED TO BAIL IN THE AMOUNT AS MAY BE FIXED
BY THE JUDGE UPON CONDITION THAT THE WITNESS WILL
APPEAR AT THE TIME AND PLACE SPECIFIED IN THE SUBPOENA
OR SUMMONS SERVED UPON HIM.

(D) PENALTY FOP FAILURE TO ATTEND AND TESTIFY.

IF THE WITNESS, WHO IS SUMMONED AS ABOVE PROVIDED,
AFTER BEING PAID OR TENDERED BY SOME PROPERLY
AUTHORIZED PERSON THE SUM OF TEN CENTS A MILE FOR EACH
MILE BY THE ORDINARY TRAVELED ROUTE TO AND FROM THE
COURT WHERE THE PROSECUTION IS PENDING AND $5 FOR
EACH DAY, THAT HE IS REQUIRED TO TRAVEL AND ATTEND AS
A WITNESS, FAILS WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE TO ATTEND AND
TESTIFY AS DIRECTED IN THE SUMMONS, HE SHALL BE
PUNISHED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF
ANY WITNESS WHO DISOBEYS A SUMMONS ISSUED FROM A COURT
OF RECORD IN THIS STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 27, §618. The only changes made are in
style.

SEC. 9-303. WITNESS FROM ANOTHER STATE SUMMONED TO
TESTIFY IN THIS STATE.

(A) CERTIFICATE THAT WITNESS IS NEEDED IN THIS
STATE.

IF A PERSON IN ANY STATE, WHICH BY ITS LAWS HAS
MADE PROVISION FOP. COMMANDING PERSONS WITHIN ITS
BORDERS TO ATTEND AND TESTIFY IN CRIMINAL
PROSECUTIONS, OR GRAND JURY INVESTIGATIONS COMMENCED
OR ABOUT TO COMMENCE, IN THIS STATE, IS A MATERIAL
WITNESS IN A PROSECUTION PENDING IN A COURT OF RECORD
IN THIS STATE, OR IN A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION WHICH
HAS COMMENCED OR IS ABOUT TO COMMENCE, A JUDGE OF THE
COURT MAY ISSUE A CERTIFICATE UNDER THE SEAL OF THE
COURT STATING THESE FACTS AND SPECIFYING THE NUMBER OF
DAYS THE WITNESS WILL BE REQUIRED. A CERTIFICATE MAY
INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WITNESS BE TAKEN
INTO IMMEDIATE CUSTODY AND DELIVERED TO AN OFFICER OF
THIS STATE TO ASSURE HIS ATTENDANCE IN THIS STATE,
UNLESS THE WITNESS SHALL BE ADMITTED TO BAIL BY THE
APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY, UPON CONDITION THAT THE WITNESS
WILL APPEAR AT THE TIME AND PLACE SPECIFIED IN THE
SUBPOENA OR SUMMONS SERVED UPON HIM. THIS CERTIFICATE
SHALL BE PRESENTED TO A JUDGE OF A COURT OF RECORD IN