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is in session or not, and although the defendant is not present or does not
join in the recognizance, but in all cases, before bail is taken by the Clerk,
the court shall fix the amount thereof.

In relation to bail, ace Smith v. Fowler & Thomas, Daily Record, March 11, 1903.

1898, ch. 138, sec. 207B.

278B. Whenever any person charged with a criminal offense desires to
be admitted to bail, his recognizor, except as provided for in the next
succeeding section, shall sign and make oath to an application in which
shall be stated the location of his property, his interest therein, its- value,
ground rent, mortgages, and other recognizances and incumbrances, if any,
to which it may be subject, and such other matters as may be inquired of,
and required to be inserted in the application by the clerk to whom such
application is made, to enable such clerk to determine the value of the
security offered.

1898, ch. 138, sec. 207C.

278C. The Clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore may, when so
ordered by the court, admit any person to bail on his own recognizance,
or may accept a recognizor without stated property qualifications.

1898. ch. 138, sec. 207D.

278D. It shall be sufficient for recognizances taken in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, when signed by the judge or the clerk thereof, to con-
form to the following formula: "You and each of you acknowledge you-
selves 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, and

to attend this court thenceforth from day to day until discharged there-
from in due course of law."

1898, ch. 138, sec. 207E.

278E. Every recognizance taken in any criminal proceeding in Balti-
more City shall be a lien upon the property of the recognizor mentioned
in his application from the date of the acknowledgment of such recog-
nizance, unless such recognizance shall have been acknowledged before
a police justice 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. 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 after-
wards.

1898, ch. 138, sec. 207F.

278F. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the Criminal Court of Balti-
more immediately to record, in a properly indexed book to be provided
for that purpose, the names of the persons who have entered into recog-