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ENTITLED an Act TO 4 provide for the
Selection, Drawing and Summoning of
Jurors IN Washington, Fredericba and
Carroll Counties, and preacrib;n1 their
qualifications. ul rl4I0I haqii', 'ol
/ SECTION !. Be IL emqcte4 by- he General
-4ssaabiy Of Mlrytand, That il shall be the duty
of The Clerk of the County Commissioners for
each OF the Counties of Washington, Carroll and
freae: lex 10 make ont and file with the clerks
9: rs Circlit Courts for said Counties within
/ tenIdays after the passage of the act and between
the frst cf September and the first of October in
every second year thereafter, AZ fair aud COM
plcte list ofall tue white mule taxable inhabitants
or residents of said County whose names appear
on tile TAX books of said County, and who are
not known to said clerks to be under the ageL f
| enty-hye, nor above the age Of seventy years,
and TO which said list, 50 to be made and filed,
the said clerks respectively shall append GER
tiirslte that said list is full aud fiiry made; and
for making such list the said clerks shall receive
such compensation as the county Commissioners
may deerl right aud proper and for failure to
perform the duty hereby imposed, the said clerks
to the said Commissioners shall forfeit and nay
fine to the State of not less than Five hundred
| dollars nor more than One thousand dollars in
the discretion Of tie Court, TO bo recovered by
indictment rs for aS a misdemeilnor : and the
IplTty upon cUHNlcllOn Slhl pc committed to the
County JAIL tiicre ID ren,in until said fine and
all costs accrued shall lie fully paid! and he shall
he tlmtcaforth Who'll y incapable Of holding or ex-
crcsing the duties of the said Office of clerk to
the County Commissioners. .'.'',''.'.
SECTION :. 4aa bs il fu,Aler enacted, by the
authority ..:presail, that it shall be the duty of
the JudEes of the Circuit Courts for each of the
Counties Of Washington, Frederick and Glrroll
within twenty days of aud, moi less than Ave
days etUre he commencement of the several
terms 9fihr Courts of said CJuniIes next SUCCEED
Ling The passage of this act in the year one thou
sand eight hundred AMI sisty-seyen,, and within
| the period of one month of and not less;thnu
| twenty days before the, commencement OF etch
and every term of said Courts thereafter Al
which Juies are required to attend lin the pres
| ence of snch of the practising members of the
Bar of said Courts rs Shall think proper to at-
tend, notice Of time and pace having been first
given 10 said members Of the Bar, through the
| cricrs Of said Courts TO proceed to select from
The lists last furnished bv the clerks of The coun-
tv Commissioners provided for in the FIRST Sec
lion of this Act and from the pQll-bolks of the
several eection districts, Of said counties III
shall lie Ie;trrcd to and fled in the clerks Office
Of s,id courts, aIler any general election that
| may l,e last held previous to such selection,
! panel to consist of the names of three huRfcd
persons to he fairly and im,,araly selected hy
| ihp said judge, with special reference to the in
trigcnce, sohriety and integrity of such persons
ard without the least reference 20 their political
opinions: aad OF the names of such persons, when
so sc,erlcd list shall be made, and certificate
i,thnreto appended by the sail Judges, that said
list Of names has hccn duly selected in confirm
| ity with, and according To til" spirit and intent
| of this nc' and which said lissnnd certificates
shnil I've filed with the clerks of the said Courts
and bv them preserved as other proceedings Of
the said C0ur,s ar" kept. H'.
SECTION ;. 1aa be IL .farhcr cn1cfeR bv
H.. H.. a.. Al.
names selected as directed in the preceding Sec.
tion, is n!adr and certified n therein provided
for, Immediately thercupcn the srd JUDGES of
the said respective g. u"ts in the presence oc fl.
members of the Bar f,resa anl such other rcr
sens a. my think proper ~ he NJ Iesnnt. shall
cause all tile liail"s selected and placed Oh tie
aforesaid to lie lcgib,T written npon ballots
which shall haot equal size. and Of The same col
o, nnl appearance, and shall he closely rolled o.
70 ded and placed by ile Judge himself with
his own AIDS immediately before ibe draw,u
herein provided for, into a cuhiiurm boxswith
sliding top, Of The squnre of eight /hos TO he
procured for that purpose by the CLERK Of said
Court, under the direction of the said JUDGES ::
and after tie deposition said ballots the said
box shl.l ,hc Cio,ed, andtt,.e s3id Judge shall
then cause the clerk or one OF his deputies whom
the sail Judge shall designate, nrihcr the one nor
the other who NAV be so required to act to hc
lrtsent at the writing, rolling or folding and
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rected, to appear before him. and then and there.
in the presence Of the said Judge, and such per
som as may choose to represent, after well and
thol Cughlv shaking said box so that the ballots
lie we'll mixed, to draw from said hox, through
such an optn'ng or aperture made by moving
th' sliding top thereof as will only conveniently
admit the hand, and without any manner lcol-
ing into said box, one by one, forty eight of said
hal OTIS and the names appearing on shid bal
lots, ms drawn shnli duy recorded BY the said
Judge, or by the clerk in his presence, and un-
d h s rccion, in the orGer in which they Shall
he drawn, as af res1id, and thereupon forthwith
the sid Judge shall ordcra Ienire fuchs tn is
esu, directed to the Shcr IF of the said county.
comYandng him to summon as Jurors. to attend
\ ut the next ensuibg e term ofsaid Court the sew
cral persons whose names may be drawn MS
aforesaid an1 ifany such persons whose names
nre 50 drawn nul embraced in said Tcnirs ta,ias
should be dead. sick or otherwise unable TO Mt.
tend, or should he absent and therefore not b..
found it stall lie the duty of the Sheriff forthwith
to return The fact of such death, disability or ab-
since, and the said Judge shall thereupon cause
to be drawn from said box in the manner herein
before directed other names in the place and stead
of the Origin nj drawing who may be dead disa
hl"d or absent, and shall cause the name or names
ct such person or persons as last a'orsaid drawn
to he ted in said Vcnirefaci1s to be Summon
ed MS nf,r' said; and it snail be the duty of The
Sheriff 20 summon the persons nnmrd in said
/ tenTet:t'dS, and make return thereof 10 said
Conrtat he opening ofits session. .. ....
SECmCN4. lind TnAer earc,stl by thc
authority aforesaid that Immediately irfier each
drawing for Jurors as directed in the proceeding
section and for tgiiswaa as crcnatter direc.ei /.
and without suftrihg the said ballots remaining
in said box to be taken ont, or in any manner
removed ,hcrcfrom, or inspected or examined,
on the said box TO he looked into, or removed
lrom MS presence by any person whatever, the
said Judge Of the said respective courts shall dose
said box, and ciher lnck seal the same secure
! ly am! keeping the koy or seal thereof himself
| shall deposit the said box containing the remain
! ing baHos, with the clerk of the said Court to
be By him safely kept, iroc from any flandliug or
interference by any person whatctcf, unless it
| he III the presence of the said .FIdgc nul bv his
! direction, and then only in the manner herein
directed AMI if for the trial of any cause or
causes whether civil or criminal in the said cir
cult court, II talismnn or talismcn be REQUIRED
tie Judge of the snid court may order the Shelf
to summon such taiismpn or tnltsmcn either from
list OF names thnt shall he drawn from the said
box Containing the said b,ts In tho m ndo o,,3