and discharged from all liability for damages for the non-return of the same. ARMORIES.. Art. 8. s. 1. 1785, c. 88, s. 9. point armorers. 28. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Governor to ap- Senate, shall biennially appoint an armorer at Frederick and an armorer at Easton, to take charge of and keep in repair and fit for use, all public arms and accoutrements in the armories at those places respectively. 29. Each of said armorers, before he proceeds to the execution of his duties, shall give bond to the State of Maryland with security to be approved by the governor, the armorer at Easton in the penalty of two thousand dollars, and the armorer at Frederick in the penalty of one thousand dollars, and conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties. 30. Each armorer shall, on or before the first day of October annually, report to the adjutant-general the actual state of the armory under his control, designating in such report the number of arms and accoutrements, and the fitness or unfitness of any portion of them for service, and also the quantity of the different materials of war, with the quality of the same. 31. Whenever any arms or accoutrements, or other articles deposited in the armories as public property, shall be removed therefrom, the armorer shall immediately report the same to the adjutantgeneral, stating the purposes for which they were so removed and the authority under which he acted. 32. The governor may, whenever he may deem it necessary, employ two competent persons in the neighborhood of each of the said armories, to make out and return to the secretary of state an accurate inventory of the arms, ammunition and other public property therein, together with the condition and value thereof, and the persons so employed shall be entitled to two dollars for each day they shall be actually engaged in the discharge of said duty. 33. The armorers at Easton and Frederick shall each receive an annual salary of three hundred dollars. TITLE XIII. Coroners, Notaries Public, and Commis= sioners to take Acknowledgments of Deeds, etc. CONSTITUTION-ARTICLE IV-SEC. 45. ARTICLE 19. CORONERS. ARTICLE 20. NOTARIES PUBLIC. ARTICLE 21. COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DEEDS, ETC. CONSTITUTION-ARTICLE IV-SEC. 45. Coroners, Elisors, and Notaries Public. Coroners, elisors, and notaries public may be appointed for each county, and Coroners, etc. the city of Baltimore, in the manner, for the purpose, and with the powers now fixed, or which may hereafter be prescribed by law. 1. Bond. ARTICLE XIX. CORONERS. 2. Return of process on death of, how made. 3. When to summon inquest. 4. May summon physician to attend inquest. 6. To include physician's fee in account. 7. To provide coffin and bury dead. 8. To execute process when sheriff is incom- Art. 25, s. 1. 1824, c. 145, s. 1. 1. Every coroner before he acts as such shall, within sixty days after his appointment, and in each year thereafter, give bond to the State of Maryland with securities approved by the judges of the Orphans' Court, or some of them, in the penalty of three thousand dollars, with a condition that he will well and truly execute the office of coroner in all things thereunto belonging, and shall also well and faithfully execute and return all writs or other process to him directed; and shall also pay and deliver to the person or persons entitled to receive the same all sums of money, all goods and chattels by him levied, seized or taken agreeably to the directions of the writ or other process under which the same shall have been levied, seized or taken; and shall also keep and detain in safe custody all and every person committed to his custody or by him taken in execution, or who shall be committed for the want of bail, without suffering them to escape or depart from his custody, and shall also satisfy and pay all judgments which shall be rendered against. Id. s. 2. 1829, c. 39; 1840, c. 216; 1842, c. 272; 1845, c. 123. him as coroner, and shall also well and truly execute and perform the several duties required of or imposed upon him by the laws of this State; and the said bond shall, immediately after the execu tion thereof, be recorded in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county in which he is coroner, or in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, if he is coroner in said city. 2. The provisions of this code in relation to the return of process Return of pro- in the hands of a sherif, upon his death or removal, shall apply to process in the hands of a coroner upon the happening of the like event. cess on death of, how made. Id. s. 3. 1831, c. 250, s. 1. When to summon inquest. Id. s. 4. 3. No coroner shall summon or hold any jury of inquest over the body of any deceased person where it is known that the deceased came to his death by accident, mischance, or in any other manner, except where the said person died in jail, or where there are such circumstances attending the death or case as to amount to a strong probability or reasonable belief that the deceased came to his death by felony. 4. Whenever a jury shall be convened by a coroner, or justice of 1816, c. 168, 5.1 the peace acting as coroner, on the body of any person found dead, or supposed to have died from violence, within this State, whereon any marks of violence shall appear, the jurors after being sworn, and also the coroner or justice, may require the attendance of some physician practicing within the county where such jury shall meet, to inform himself by due examination of the deceased of the cause of his death, and to testify and give evidence before the said jury and coroner, or justice, in the premises. 1872. c. 45; 1878 Id. s. 5. 1846, c. 168, s. 2. Physician sum 5. If any physician summoned to testify on a coroner's inquest, shall neglect or refuse to attend or to make the examination required attending, may by the preceding section, or to give evidence as aforesaid, he may be fined as any other witness. moned and not be fined. Id. s. 6. 1846, c. 168, s. 3; To include phy- Id. s. 7. 1831, c. 250, s. 1872, c. 45; 1878, c. 347. To provide colin and bury dead. Id. s. 8. 6. The said coroner or justice, in the account of expenses rendered to the county commissioners, for holding such inquest, shall include such sum for the said physician as the said coroner, or justice, and jurors shall deem just, not less than five or more than ten dollars, which sum shall, with the other expenses of the inquest, be paid by the county. 7. Whenever it shall be necessary for a coroner to bury any de2; ceased person, he shall provide a coffin and decently bury him, and the county commissioners of the county where the person shall have been found, shall make such allowance to said coroner as they may deem just and reasonable therefor, to be levied and paid as other county or city charges. 1785, c. 72, ss. 23, 5; 1797, c. 95. To execute process when 8. In all cases where the sheriff is interested, or nearly related 24; 1794, c. 54, to any of the parties, or otherwise disqualified to act, all process shall be issued to the coroner, if there be one in the county or city qualified to act in such case, who shall perform all the duties of such disqualified sheriff, and be subject to the same liabilities and be proceeded against in the same manner, and shall have the same rights and remedies. sheriff incompetent. 25 Md. 402. 1. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the 1872, c. 191. Appointment of Senate, shall appoint and commission a competent number of per- notaries. sons of known good character, integrity, and abilities, citizens of the United States, and who have resided in this State two years previous to their appointment, as notaries public for the State of Maryland, to reside within such place or places within the State as the governor shall in and by their respective commissions designate; but there shall not be at any time more than five notaries, one of which shall be conversant with the German language, appointed and commissioned to reside within the city of Baltimore. of Art. 67, 8.2. 1862, c. 113. 2. Each notary public shall, within thirty days from the time his appointment, and before he is commissioned or authorized to discharge the duties of his office, give bond to the State of Maryland, with security to be approved by the governor, in the penalty of six thousand dollars, if appointed for the city of Baltimore, and in the penalty of two thousand dollars, if appointed for any county, conditioned for the payment into the treasury of that portion of the notarial fees received by him, for the use of the State; and if any person appointed a notary public shall neglect or refuse to give such bond within thirty days from the date of his appointment, the gov ernor shall appoint some other person in his place. 1845, c. 133; Bond. Id. s. 3. 1832, c. 256. 1801, c. 86, s. 3; Power to ad 3. Each notary public shall have the power of administering oaths according to law in all matters belonging or incident to the exercise of his notarial office, and in all matters and cases of a civil nature minister oaths. in which a justice of the peace may administer an oath, and with 'the same effect; and a certificate under the notarial seal of a notary Certificate. public shall be sufficient evidence of his having administered such oath in his character as notary public. 1801, c. 86, s. 4. ments before. 4. A notary shall have power to receive the proof or acknowledg- Id. s. 4. ment of all instruments of writing relating to commerce or naviga- Acknowledg tion, and such other writings as have been usually proved and acknowledged before notaries public; and to make protests and Protests. declarations, and testify the truth thereof under his seal of office concerning all matters done by him in virtue of his office. Id. s. 5. 5. Each notary shall keep a fair register of all protests and other 1801, c. 86, s. 5. official acts by him done in virtue of his office, and shall, when re- kept. Register to be Id. s. 6. 1801, c. 86, s. 6. In case of death register to be deposited with clerk of court. Id. s. 7. 1801, c. 86, s. 7. Seal. Id. s. 8. 1862, c. 108. Issuing unstamped protests. Penalty. Evidence. quired, give a certified copy of any record in his office to any person applying for the same, the said person paying the usual fees therefor. 6. In case of the death, resignation, disqualification, or removal from office of a notary, his register and other public papers shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for the county in which he may reside, or if he reside in the city of Baltimore, in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of said city, within sixty days after such death, disqualification, resignation, or removal. 7. Every notary shall provide a public notarial seal, with which he shall authenticate his acts, instruments, and attestations, on which seal shall be engraved such device as he may think proper, and for legend shall have the name, surname, and office of the notary, and the place of his residence. 8. A notary may perform such special acts proper to be done by a notary public to which he may be required in any other county of the State than that for which he may be appointed. 9. It shall not be lawful for any notary public to sign and issue any protest not previously stamped with the stamp of the comptroller; and any notary public who shall violate this provision shall, for every such offence, be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by indictment in the Circuit Court for the county, or in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, as the case may be, one-half for the use of the State and one-half for the informer; but in no action or other proceeding in law or equity shall any protests be rejected as evidence, if otherwise admissible, on account of the absence of the stamp of the comptroller therefrom. Art. 21, s. 1. 1. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the 1852, c. 106, s. 1. Senate, shall biennially appoint and commission one or more com 1837, c. 97, s. 1; Governor to appoint. Authority of commissioners. missioners in each State, District or Territory, of the United States, who shall have authority to take the acknowledgment and proof of the execution of any deed or other conveyance or lease of any lands, tenements or hereditaments lying in this State, or any contract, letter of attorney, or any other writing, under seal, to be used and recorded in this State. |