Section 13. And, to the end and intent that such persons, indicted and outlawed for felonies and other offences, supposed by such indictments or outlawries to have been committed within the said city, as shall dwell, remove, lurk or be received without the bounds and limits of the said city, may be brought to justice,
Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor or recorder of the said city for the time being, shall and may, as often as occasion may require, issue his writ or writs of capias to the sheriff or sheriffs or other officer of any county or counties, city or town corporate within this commonwealth, directed, commanding him or them to take and bring the body or bodies of any such person or persons as shall be so as aforesaid, indicted or outlawed before him, the said mayor or recorder, or either of them, to be dealt with according to law; and every sheriff and other officer to whom any such writ or writs of capias shall be directed and delivered, is hereby enjoined and required to use due diligence to execute the same, under such pains and penalties as are by law incurred by any sheriff or other officer, for refusing or neglecting to obey and execute any capias or other process to him directed and delivered.