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uizances, 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, 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 recog-
nizance shall be forfeited; and when any forfeiture shall be stricken out
or discharged, it shall be the duty of the said clerk to make an appropriate
entry in said book, showing such disposition of the recognizance or the
forfeiture, together with the date thereof.

1898, ch. 138, sec. 207G.

278G. Any officer having power to admit to bail may accept as recog-
nizer any bonding, guarantee or trust company incorporated under the
laws of the State of Maryland, or under the laws of any State in the
United States, and doing business in the City of Baltimore, which is
authorized by its charter to become surety on official bonds.

1898, ch. 138, sec. 207H.

278H. No police justice of the City of Baltimore shall accept bail for
persons charged with manslaughter, murder or any offense the punish-
ment for which may be death; any such justice may, in his discretion,
accept the bail for any person charged with the commission of any felony
other than those above mentioned, and any misdemeanor the punishment
for which may be confinement in the penitentiary; and whenever bail is
offered for any person charged with the commission of any misdemeanor
other than those already set forth, such justice shall accept the same; pro-
vided he is satisfied with the security offered.

1898. ch. 138, sec. 207-I.

278-I. Whenever a person charged with a bailable, criminal offense
before a police justice desires to be admitted to bail, his recognizer shall
sign and make oath to an application in which shall be stated such mat-
ters as may be required of, and required to be inserted in such applica-
tion by the police justice to enable him to determine the value of the
security offered. Any recognizance acknowledged before such justice
shall be good, although the defendant does not join in the same.

1898. ch. 138, sec. 207J.

278-J. Whenever any person charged with the commission of a crimi-
nal offense is admitted to bail by a police justice for appearance in the
Criminal Court of Baltimore, such justice shall forthwith deliver the
recognizance to the clerk of said court, such recognizance shall then be-
come a record of said court, and may be forfeited, and the forfeiture may
be enforced in the same manner as if the recognizance has been taken by
the court.

1898, ch. 138, sec. 207K.

278K. Whenever any person charged with a criminal offense before a
police justice is admitted to bail for further hearing, if such person does