The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-04-25
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GENERAL JURY LAW.

OF Juries IN the several counties and
prescribing their qualification.
SECTION /. BE IL Enacted Nv lie Gen
eTa 1sseD5ly Of Maryland, That il shall be
the duty OF the Clerk Of the County Com
missloners for each OF the counties OF this
State TO make out and file with the Clerksof
uie Circuit Ceprts forsaid counties, not less
than twenty days before the beginning Of
the iirst regular term Of said courts next
ensuing the passage Of this Act, fair aud
complete list Of all the white male taxable In !.
habitants or residents Of said county, whose
names appear on the taxable books Of said
county, and who arenot known to saidclcrks
to be under the age Of twenty Ave years, nor
above the age Of sixty. Eve years; and to
which said list, so to be made and filed, the
said clerks respectively shall append GER.
tiiicate that said list is full and iaIrly made /;
aud for making such list, the said clerks
shall receive such compensation as the
! County Commissioners may deem right and
| proper and for failure TO perform the duty
hereby imposed, the said clerks 10 the said
Commissioners shall iors.it aud pay fne
! TO the State OF not less than Five hundred
! dollars, nor more than One thousand dol.
lars, in the discretion Of the Court, to be re-
coyeredby indictment Us for amisdemeauor
and he shall be thenceforth wholly incapable
OF holding or exercising the duties of the
said Office Of clerk TO the County Commis-
| sioners.
SECTION 2. And be IL further eRGoted,
by the authority aforesaid, that /, shall be
the duty Of the Judges of the Circuit Courts
for each or the counties and within the
period of one month Of, and not less than
hiteeD days before tho commencement
OF each and every term in said Courts there
alter, nt which Juries are required TO attend,
m the Presence of such of the practising
members of the Bar Of said Courts as shall
think proper 10 attend notice OF time aud
place having been first given TO said mem.
berS of tue Bar, through the Criers Of said
Courts, 10 proceed to select from the lists
last furnished by the clerks OF the County
Commissioners, provided for in the first See
tiOn Of this Act, aud from the poll ll.books Of
| the several election dl5triets Of said counties
that shall be returned TO and filed in the
Clerks Office of said Courts, after any gen.
eral election that may be las: held previous
to such selection, panel 10 consist Of the
names Of five hundred persons, in the seve-
r'll counties Of Allegany, Washington, Fred.
erick, Carroll and Baltimore: Of two hun.
dred persons in the several counties of
Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Prince
Georges, Hartford. Cecil, Dorchester, Wor.
cester aud Somerset, and OF one hundred
aud hliy persons in the several counties OF
Howard, Charles, Calvert, ST. Mary's. Kent,
Queen Annc's Caroline and Talbot, TO be
fairly and impartially selected. Of the age
aforesaid, by the said Judge, with special
reference to the intelligence, sobricty and
integrity OF such persons, and without
the least reference to their political opn.
ions and OF the names of such persons.
when so selected, list shall be made. and
o certificate thereto appended By the said
Judges that said list Of names has been duly
selected in conformity with, aud according
10 the spirit and intent Of this act and
which said lists and certificates shall be filed
with the clerks Of the said Courts, and by
them preserved as other proceedings Of the
said Courts are kept.
SECTION q. 1aa be 1t further enacted.
by the authority aforesaid, that when said
list Of names selected as directed IN the pre-
ceding Section, is made and certified Us
therein provided for, immediately thercupon
the said Judges Of thesaid respective Courts,
in the presence of the members OF the Bar
as aforesaid and such other persons as may
think proper to be present, shall cabse all
the names selected and placed on the list as
aforesaid to be legibly written upon ballots,
which shall be Of equal size, and Of the
| same color and appearance and shall be
/ closely rolled or folded and placed by the
said Judge with his own hand, immedi-
ately before the drawing herein provided for,
into eabiicrn box. with sliding top, Of the
| square Of eight inches, TO be procured for
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