The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-19

PsaoNlulnS IoI tne Selectlon and drawing
OF Jurors i'll said county, said sections to
follow Section l27 and to be designated
as Sections l27A, 127B and 127C
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That three new sec
tlons be and the same are hereby added to
Article IL of the Code of Public Local Laws.
title Garrett County," subtitle Jurors"
to follow Section 127 to be designated as Sec
t1ons l27A, l27B and 127C, and to read as fol-
lows:
l2TA. When selecting the list of one him.
dred and fifty names for Garrett county, as
provided for in Section of Article 81 of the
Code or Pub1c General Laws, the judge or
judges of the circuit court for Garrett coun-
ry drawing the jury for said county shall
apportion the names of the panel of one
hnndred hiLl ana hfty among the several election
ulsuflctS so Uhat from each election district
there shall be selected as near as NAV be the
number of names having the same propor-
@ @tlon 20 one hundred and fifty that the regis
tered vote of said district bears to the entire
registered vote of the county, which said
llSt or panel of one hundred and fifty names
sLali I, y pe numbered from one to one hundred
ana nity inclusive, and when the said list of
. one hundred and fifty names shall have been
selected and certified by the Judge or Judges
as provided in said Article 81 of the Code of
PuDnc General Laws, it shall be placed in
the box hereinafter provided for by Section
l27B until the drawing of the Jury for the
next succeeding jury term of the circuit
court Tor Garrett county, and q certified
copy thereof shall be recorded among the
minutes OF the term of said court at which
SUCH SelecUlOH uOOR place.
l27B. Instead of causing the names to be
written upon ballots and placed in and
drawn from box as provided in Section
of Article 81 of the Code of Public General
Laws, the judge or judges of said court may
i'll his or their discretion, in lieu thereof re-
quire the clerk of said court to provide a box
OF sufficient dimensions and to have the same
divided into two compartments, and fur
ther, to provide one hundred and fifty white
balls, each of the same size, plainly and
clearly marked with numbers from one to
one hundred and fifty, respectively which
SAID DallS shall be placed in one compart-
ment of said box and thoroughly shaken and
well mixed and after the list of one hundred
and nifty names Shall have been selected and
certified to, as provided in the preceding
section, the said judge or judges shall then
cause the clerk or one of his deputies whom
the said judge or judges shall designate,
neither the one nor the other. who may be
SO required to act, to be present at the selec-
tion of the said list of one hundred and fifty
names, to appear before him or them and
tnen ana there in the presence of the said
| Judge or judges and such other persons as
may choose to be present. to draw from the
compartment in which said balls have been
| placed, through the opening made by re
moving the sliding top thereof as will only
| conveniently admit the hand, and without
| III any manner looking into said box, one by
one, forty-elght of said balls, and as each of
| said balls are drawn from said box it shall
| be handed to the said judge or judges who
snail announce the number thereon together
with the name on the list Of one hundred
ana fifty names corresponding to said num-
! Der so drawn, and the said forty-eight names
| corresponding to the forty eight numbers so
| drawn shall with said numbers be duly re
| corded by said judge or judges or by the
| clerk in their presence and under their di-
| rectlon in the order in which they shall be
| drawn, and thereupon the said judge or
| Judges shall forthwith order venire faciaS
| as provided in Article 81 of the Code of Pub
nc General Laws, and after the said forty
i eight balls have been SO drawn and the
numbers thereon and the names correspond
ing thereto shall have been recorded as here
IN provided the judge or judges shall place
une sald forty eight balls i'll the compart-
ment OF said box other than the one from
winch they were drawn, together with the
certified list of one hundred and fifty names
ana shall cause the said box to be closed
ana locked and kept and only opened as pro
vlded for i'll Article 81 of the Code of Public
General Laws; provided, however that If
IOf any OF the reasons mentioned in Article
81 OF the Code of Public General Laws it shall
become necessary to draw talesmen or fiji
vacancies the judge or judges shall draw
from said box as many balls as NAV be
necessary therefor in the same manner as
the original forty-eight were drawn.
l27C. No person shall be drawn and sum-
moned again as a juror in Garrett county
untll the expiration of two years from the
term of court at which he last served
SEC 2.-And be it enacted That all Acts or
parts or Acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Approved April :, 1900.