St. Mary's gazette., 1867-04-11

first section thereof, proyidei he is ID othcf
respects entitled to vote, by having the re-
oulsite qualifications of age. citizenship
and residence, and be not disqualified un-
der the third and fifth sections Of the first
article of the Constitution, and If any otI-
Ger of registration shall refuse to register,
as qualified voter, any person so as afort :
said applying to be registered, or II any
Judge Of election shall refuse to receive the
vote of such person when registered, he
shall upon conviction thereof, before any
court having criminal jurisdiction, forfeit
and pay fine Of not less than one hun
! dred and not more than five hundred dol
lars for zach offence, and be imprisoned
until said fine and the costs of prosecution
be fully paid and satisfied, and shall also
be liable in an action for damages ut the
suit Of The party aggrlevcd-
/ Sec. 3. And be it enacted, that all
municipal officers of this State shall tax"
notice of the provisions of this act, without
requiring it to be specially pleaded set up
or relied on and shall give the full effect
and benefit thereof to any person embrac-
cd within the general dcscri ption of the
first section Of this act In the same manner
and to the same extent rs if the name OF
such person had been expressed and set
out spccially iu the said foregoing Sec
ton.
Section 4. And be it enacted, Thatth act
shall take effect rom the date OF It's passage
We certify that the aforegoing is true
copy of an Act which passed the General
Assembly of Maryland (two-thirds of all
the members elected to each House voting
in the sffi7mative,) March Goth, 1867.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAl,
Secretary of the Senate
w. Il. COLE,
! Chief Clerk House OF Delegates
April llth.
An act to provide for the selection, draw
ing and summoniHg of Jurlcs III the
several counties, and prescribing their
! qualification.
! Sec. /. Ro It enacted by the Geucral
Assembly of Maryland, That it shall be
, the duty of the Clerk Of the County Com
missionrrs for each Of the counties OF tins
/ State to make out and file with the ClerkS
of the Circuit Courts fcr said counties, not
less than twenty days before the begin
ming of the Grst reg ular term of said courts
next ensuing the passage Of this Act, 3
fair and complete list Of all the white male
taxable inhabitants or residents Of said
county whose Lames appear on the tax
! books of said county, and who are moi
known to said clerks to be under the
age of twenty-five years nor above the
age Of sixty-tiv years; and to which
said list so to be made out and filed,
the SAID clerks respectively shall append
certificate that said hat is full and
fairly maze and for making such list
tie said clerks shall receive such COM
pcnsa.ion as the County Commissioners
may deem right aud proper, aud for fail
ure to perform the duty hereby imposed
the said clerks to the said Commission
ers shall forfeit aud lay a fne to the
State Of not less tban i've hundred dol
lars nor more than one thousand dol
lars, in the discretion Of the Court, to
be recovered by indictment as for mis-
demcanor, aud he shall be thcnccforth
wholly incapable Of holding or exercis-
ing the duties Of the said Office Of clerk to
the County Commissioners.
Sec. ,. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That it shall be
the duty of the Judges of the Circuit
Courts for each of tue counties within
the per;od of one month of and not less
than fifteen days before the commence
mcnt Of each aid every terra of said
courts thereafter at which luries are re
quircd to ;Ntcud, IN the presence Of such
Of tie practcing members of the Bar Of
the SAID courts as shall think proper to
attend, notice of the time aud place hav-
ing been first given to said members of
the Bar through the cricrs of said
ooalts, to proceed to select from the
Lists last furnished by the Clerks of the
County Commissioners, provided for III
the first section of this act, and from the
poll books of the several election dis
tricts Of SAID counties, that shall be re
turned TO and filed in the Clerks Office
Of said conrts, after any general clec
ton that may be last held previous to
such election, a panel to consist Of TIE
names of FIVE hundred persons in the scvc-
raj COUNTIES of Ailoeany, Washington
Frederick, Carroll and Baltimore Of two
hundr~l persons il the several counties Of
Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Prlnce
Georges Ihrfsrd, Cecil, Dorchester. Wor-
ccstcr ard Somerset. aud of one hundred and
fifty persons in the several counties Of How
ard, Charles, Calvert, St. Mary's, Kent,
Quecs Anne's. Caroline and Talbot, to be
f,nrly and impartialiys selected, of the age
aforesaid, by the suio Judge. with .pecial
reference to the intelligence, sobgicty aud
integrity, Of such persons and without tue
least reference t. their political opinions !;
anu Of The names Of such persons when
50 rejected, list shall Be 4nale and GER
+, ;iiicaio thcleto appended BY the said Ju'I-
;.cs, llai s1;l l!ss Of nap.cs has tecn iuly