Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-04-16

failure 10 make such list, annually said
clerk shall be liable on conviction thereof
To fine % not less than one hundred dol.
lars and be dismissed from said Office and
be Ineligible of holding such position
again.
Section 9. And be il enacted, That Il
shall be the duty Of the Judge or Judges
Of the Circuit Court for St. Mary's county,
not Less than fifteen days before the com
mencement of each jury term of said court,
in the presence of such members or the
bar ot said court as shall think proper In
attend, notice es the time ana place having
been first given to said members of the
bar, TO proceed TO select from the list pro-
vided for by section one of this Act and
and from the poll books of the several
election districts of said county which
shall have been returned and filed in the
clerks Office Of the Circuit Court for Sc.
Mary's county, after any general election
which has been last held before such se.
lection, a panel 20 consist Of one hundred
and fifty names of male citizens of said
county with special reference % their In
telligence integrity and sobriety and with
out any reference 10 their political opin;; Scss
which said names shall be apportioned TO
the several election districts of said county
in proportion TO the number of registered
voters and male taxpayers ia each of said
respective districts. The said Judge or judges
shall then append to said list of one hun.
dred and fifty names . certificate, certify
ing that said list has been selected In
conformity TO the provisions Of this Act,
and the said list and certificate shall be
fled with the clerk Of said court and be
by him preserved as the other proceedings
Of said court are preserved.
Section 3. And be il enacted, That
when list of names Is so selected and Ger.
titled. the judge or Judges of said court
in presence of members OF the bar and
others attending shall cause all the names
80 selected 10 be legibly written on ballots
OF equal size and of the came color and
appearances, which shall be closely folded
aud placed by said judge orjudges personal.
ly into box [cubiiorml of 24x24 inches In
size with nine separate boxes or drawers
in 1t and the numbers ofjurors names Ia be
placed in each box shall be apportionea in
proportion To the eligible jurors from each
of said respective election districts, and
the said judge or judges shall cause the
clerk 10 said Circuit Court or one of his
deputies to draw from the box in which the
names of the list from the first district have
been placed the number ofpersons TO which
said district is entitled by the apportion
ment hereinbefore provided for and so on
consecutively f'om each district of the
county until the number of forty eight
names shall have been so drawn, and the
names so drawn shall constitute the iurv
for the next ensuing term of said court, pro-
vided, however, in case of a vacancy oc.
curing from any cause, such as sickness,
death or being excused that the vacancy
so occurring shall be filed from the other
names in the box representing the district
in which such vacancy shall have occurred,
And the order To the sheriff 10 summon
shall be in the usual manner and form
now practiced under the laws of this State,
IT being the intent of this Act that each of
the election districts of said county shall
have representation on such jury as the
proportion Of its voting and taxable male
population bears to the population of the
whole county.
Approved, April 9, 1896.
LLOYD LOWNDES,
Governor
WILLIAM CABELL BRUCE.
President Of the Senate
SYDNEY Z. MUDD,
Speaker of the House of Delegates
Office ofhhe Secretary Of tie Senate.
hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
true copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed at the January
Session, 1896.
J. ROGER MCSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.