HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                       1347

It shall be sufficient for recognizances taken in the
[Criminal Court of Baltimore] CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY,
when signed by the judge or the clerk thereof, to conform to the
following formula: "You and each of you acknowledge yourselves to
owe and stand indebted to the State of Maryland in the sum of

______ dollars for the appearance of ____________ at this Court

on the __ day of __________ 19__ to answer the charge alleged

against [him] THAT PERSON, and to attend this Court [thenceforth]
THEREAFTER from day to day until discharged therefrom in due
course of law".

22-17.

Every recognizance taken in any criminal proceeding in
Baltimore City shall be a lien upon the property of the
recognizor mentioned in [his] THE RECOGNIZOR'S application from
the date of the acknowledgment of such recognizance, unless such
recognizance shall have been acknowledged before a [police
justice] DISTRICT COURT COMMISSIONER or before a court upon writ
of habeas corpus, in which it shall be a lien from the time it is
filed with the Clerk of the [Criminal Court of Baltimore] CIRCUIT
COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY. When any recognizance is forfeited it
shall become a judgment, and shall have all the effects of
judgments rendered in civil causes, and may be enforced by
execution by order of the State's Attorney at any time within six
years from the date of the forfeiture, and not afterwards.

22-18.

It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the [Criminal Court of
Baltimore] CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY immediately to
record, in a properly indexed book to be provided for that
purpose, the names of the persons who have entered into
recognizances, the date of the filing of the recognizances with
the Clerk of the [Criminal] Court, if such recognizance has been
acknowledged before a [police justice,] DISTRICT COURT
COMMISSIONER or before some other court upon writ of habeas
corpus, the amount thereof, and the date of the acknowledgment of
the same; the location of the property mentioned in the
application, and when any recognizance shall be forfeited; and
when any forfeiture shall be striken out or discharged, it shall
be the duty of the [said] CIRCUIT COURT clerk to make an
appropriate entry in [said] THE RECOGNIZANCE book, showing such
disposition of the recognizance or the forfeiture, together with
the date thereof.

22-21.

The [Municipal Court of Baltimore City] DISTRICT COURT OF
MARYLAND shall not accept bail for persons charged with
manslaughter, other than charge for manslaughter arising out of a
motor vehicle accident, murder or any offense the punishment for
which may be death; such court may, in its discretion, accept the
bail for any person charged with the commission of any felony
other than those [above] mentioned ABOVE; and any misdemeanor the