Maryland free press., 1867-03-21
IURY LAW.

Carroll Counties, and prescribing their
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| SECTION l.. b, Il enacted by tie General
Assembly Of .MutyiaR4 That it shall be the duty
of he Clerk of The Cou,ty Commissioners fo.
| each of the Counties of Washington, Carroll and
| Frederick 10 make ont and file with the clerks
| of the Circuit Courts for ,ai' Counties within
ten days after the passage Of The act and between
| the first Cf September and the first of October in
| every second year thereafter II fair ara com
plee list ofall the white male taxable Inhabitants
or residents of said County. whose names appear
on the tax books of said County, and who are
not known to said clerks to he un Ter the are of
twenty-five, nor above the age OF seventy years
and TO which said list, so to he made and filed
the said clerks respectively shall append GER
titiclte that said list is full and fairly :rade; and
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 sud clerks
| 10 the said Commissioners shall fGreit and pay
II fine to the State of not less than Five hundred
| dollars nor more than One thousand dollars, in
| the discretion of the Court 10 be recovered by
indictment as for as misdemcanor and the
party upon conviction shat! be committed t. the
| County Jail, there TO remlin Hntl said fine and
all costs accrued shall he fully pnid and he shall
be thneceforth Who'll Y incapable of holding or ex-
ercising the duties of the said Office of clerk TO
the County Commissioners.
| SECTION 2. And be il further en4cted, by the
authority Storcsaid. that it shall be the duty of
the judges of the Circuit Courts for each of tho
| Counties of Washn Iton, Frederick and Carroll
within twenty days of and, not less than five
| days teforc the commencement of the several
| terms oflha Courts of said Counties next succeed
ing the passage OF this act in the year one thou
| sand c ght hundred AMI siSty-seven, and within
| the period of one month of, AMI not less than
! twenty days before the commencement of each
4 -. A. .
win "h Jures are required to attend lin the pres
ence &c such of the practising members of the
Bar of q, ID Courts as shall think pi oper to at
tend notice of time and pace having been first
given 10 said N, emhers Of the Bar, through the
cricrs of said Cen. It's to proceed TO select from
the lists last furnished by the clerks of the conn-
tv Commissioners provided Tor IN the hrst Sec
ton of this Act and from tic poll-books of the
several election districts of SAID counties That
shall he returned to aud filed in the clerks Office
of sud courts, after any general e.e2tlon that
may lie last held pre- vious to such SECTION,
panel TO consist of the names of three h. ndred
persons 10 he fairly and impnrtially selectct. by
the said Judge with special reference tn the i'll
tcligcncc sobriety and integrity o. such persons
ard without the least re crencc to their political
opinions: and OF the names of such pcrsops when
so selected list shall be made, and certificate
thereto appended by the said Judges, that said
list OF names has been duly selected in conform
ity with, and according TO TIL spirit and intent
OF this act and Which said listsnnd certificates
shall he filed with the clerks OF the Sal Courts,
and by them preserved as other proceedings of
the said Courts are kept
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names selected rs directed in the preceding Sec
ton. is made and certified AMI therein provided
for, Immediately thcreupon the said Judges of
the said respective Courts in the presence oc the
COWS ss n, 80 tI,n, rrnnor n hn n,,sa,, ,rt,u
| cause all tI,e n,n,.s Ell ,r,ol orI rino,i - ,ta
| oc,r,,,;I On he i,,i,,. ,;,, -. tm w
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n.y. ,c,,1.l E,r That nnrnaso Lv fIa cror,. ,r .o;1
| r., n;.r en-. a;rec,inn ~ Tho sais la '.ns
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! tann,;t s,:i h,II,ts ;Mto ,ha r. az -; a;
ra,od 20 nosr bacnra liz, WV , "s 'i ,Loaa
in thc nrcsnpcs If rho s,d ,G,Jnn SCI smcb nor
sons AZ may choose to be present. after well and
| thoroughly Stalking said box so that the ballots
b.. well mixed, to draw from said hox, through
such IN open NC or aperture made by moving
th siding top thereof, as will only conveniently
admit the han', and without any manner look
ing into said box, one hv one, tofty eight Of said
lallots and tie names appearing Ga said bal
! lets, MS trnwn, shall duly recorded by the said
| Judge, or by the clerk an his presence. 'and I'M
d his direction, in the orner in which taey shall
he drawn, ns at res lid, and therenpon forthwith
the said Judge shal ordrra Feairs facias to is
! c'u. directed to the Sher IT OF the sld county,
com handing him TO summon as juror to attend
~ the next ensuing term Of SUD Court, the scF-
eral persons wIcsc names may be drawn as
aforesaid; AMI ifany such persons whose names
are so drawn an embraced in said penire "a iGS
should be dead, sick or otherwise unable TO at
tend, or should he absent and therefore not be-
found it shall he the duty OF the Sheriff forthwith
to return the ttct OF such death, disability or ab-
s"Rce, and the said Judge shall th"renpon cause
4 to be drawn from SAID BOX, in the manner herein.
before directed other names IN the place and stead
OF the original drawing who may be dead, diSa-
Med or absent, and shili cause the nam" or names
to bc Inserted in said Vcnrs ftcias to be summon
cd ns aforesaid and it shall be the duty of the
sheriff TO summon the persons namcl in said
lenirc ficias, AMI make return thereof to said
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