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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 22-16 Wording of bail.">
  <section prefix="§" num="22-16" heading="Wording of bail.">
    <text>It shall be sufficient for recognizances taken in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, when signed by the judge or the clerk thereof, to conform to the following formula:</text>
    <text>“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 that person, and to attend this Court thereafter from day to day until discharged therefrom in due course of law.”</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">P.L.L., 1915, §278D</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, §278D</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1930, §278D</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1938, §361</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1949, §188</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1969, §22-16</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1898, ch. 138, §207D</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1986, ch. 345</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
