Michigan Compiled Laws § 766.18 Admission To Bail After Commitment To Jail; Clerk Of Court, Authority.

766.18 Admission to bail after commitment to jail; clerk of court, authority.

Sec. 18.

The clerk of the court to whom such bail is offered, is authorized and required to examine the person or persons offered for bail on oath as to their pecuniary responsibility, and if he shall be satisfied with the same, to take bail and certify and return the recognizance in the same manner and to the same effect as the magistrate might have done.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17210 ;-- CL 1948, 766.18
Former Law: See section 34 of Ch. 163 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1871, § 7876; How., § 9487; CL 1897, § 11871; CL 1915, § 15698; and Act 159 of 1859 .

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