The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-06-18
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
CHAPTER NO. 837.

AN ACT to repeal Sections l27-B and PC
OF section OF Chapter 34 Of the Act or the
General Assembly of Maryland of 1900
amending Article j. of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title Garrett County," subtitle
Jurors ana to add four Section to said Ar
ticle T. Of the Code of Public Local Laws to
follow Section ETA, as added by the Act of
1900 Chapter 314 relating to the selection and
drawing of jurors as well as other matters
concerning jurors for said County, and to he
known as sections l27-B, l27-C, ED and l27-
E.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Maryland. That
Section III b and ~ G Of Chapter 37i or the
Acts OF 1900 Attending Article l. Of the Code
of Public Local Laws. title Garrett County"
subtitle Jurors be and the same are here
by repealed. and be it further enacted that
four Sections be and the same are hereby ad-
ded to Article II OF the Code of Public Local
Laws. to follow Section l2,-A as added by
the Act OF 1900, Chapter 374, and to be
known as sections l27-B, ETC, ED, and
l21-E, and to read as follows:
l21-B. 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
in his or their discretion in lieu Thereof re
quire the Clerk OF said Court to provide
box of sufficient dimensions, and to have
the same divided into two compartments,
and further, to provide one hundred and
NIFTY white balls, each of the same size. plain
ly and clearly marked with numbers from
which said balls shall be paced in one OF the
compartments OF said box and thOroughlv
shaken and well mixed, and after the list OF
one hundred ana tlftN names shall have been
selected and certified to. as provided i'm the
preceding section the said Judge or Judges
SHAH then cause the Clerk or one Of his de
puties, whom the said Judge or Judges shall
designate, neither the one nor the other who
may he so required TO act to be present at
the selection of the said list Of one hundred
and fifty names, to appear before him or
them. ana then and there in the presence of
said Judge or Ridges 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
removing the sliding top Thereof as will only
conveniently admit the hand and Without in
any manner looking into said box one nv
one forty eight OF said balls. and as each Of
said balls IS drawn from said box. 10 shall
be handed to the said Judge or Judges. who
shall announce the number thereon, tOgeth-
CT with the name on the list Of one hundred
and nifty names corresponding to said mum
Der 50 drawn. and the said forty eight names
corresponding TO tile forty eight numbers so
drawn shall with said numbers be duly re
corded by said Judge or Judges or tV the
Clerk or one Of his deputies in their presence
and under their direction, and in the order
in which they shah be drawn
T., C.. OF the forty eight jurors so drawn.
as provided in the preceding section, the
Judge or Judges on the day on which they
were so drawn shall select and appoint one
as the foreman OF the grand jury at the next
ensuing term OF said Circuit Court: and OF
the remaining foIty-seven names. the first
tW entv two in the order in which they were
drawn shall with the foreman selected as
aforesaid constitute the grand jury and the
remaining twenty-five shah constitute the
petit jury for the term of court for which
they have been drawn, and said names shall
be recorded as drawn for the respective
juries to which they belong: and thereupon
the said Judge or Judges shall forthwith
order a venire facias, directed to the Sheriff
OF said county, C commanding him to summon
as grand jurors to attend on the first dav
of the next ensuing term of said Court the
several persons whose names have been
drawn and selected as grand jurors as afore-
said, and also commanding the said Sherirf
to summon as petit jurors TO attend on the
first Thursday OF the next ensuing term of
said court the several persons whose name
have been drawn As petit jurors as afore-
said. If any such persons whose names are
so drawn and embraced in said venire facias
should be dead, sick or otherwise unable to
attend, or should be absent and therefore
not be round. il shall he the duty of said
Sheriff forthwith TO return the fact of such
death, disability or absence; and the said
Judge or Judges shall cause to be drawn
from.said box, in the manner hereinbefore
directed. other names in the place and stead
of the original grand or petit jurors who
may be dead. sick or otherwise unable to at
tend. or absent and not found, or who are
disqualified, or who are for sufficient cause
excused by the Court prior to that time, the
first named in order drawn TO constitute ad-
ditional grand jurors to I'll vacancies occur
ring as aforesaid, and the remainder drawn
10 ne l1ttlU JuIOIS 10 III vacancies IIuS OC-
curing; ana shall cause the name or names
Of such person or persons so as last afore-
said drawn, to be inserted in the Venre
faciaS, TO be summoned as grand or petit
jurors. as the case may be, and it SHAH be
the duty OF the Sheriff to summon the per
sons named in said venire faciaS and make
return thereof to the said Court at or before
the beginning OF the term
If the person selected as aforesaid as fore
man of the grand jury be not present at the
beginning OF the term for which he was Sc
'frr f,sf,,,
ing as such foreman, the Court shall on the
first day of the term select as foreman some
other person drawn and summoned to serve
as grand juror but one so excused from
serving as foreman may in the discretion of
the court be required to serve as a grand
juror, unless disqualified or exempt.
If vacancies are to be filled before the be-
ginning of a term as herein provided for,
the court may by its order i'm writing au-
thoriZe and direct the Clerk of the Court to
draw from the box such additional Jurors as
are necessary to MI vacancies, and such
drawing shall have the same effect as if
made in the presence of one or more OF the
Judges of the court.
ED. Immediately after the said forty
eight have been so drawn and the numbers
there and the names corresponding thereto
have been recorded as provided in Section
l27B, the Judge or Judges shall place the
aforesaid forty eight balls in the compart-
ment of said box other than the one from
which they were drawn, together with the
certified list of one hundred and fifty names,
and shall cause the said box to be closed and
locked securely, and keeping the keys there
of. shall deposit the box with the Clerk of
the said Court, to be by him safely kept free
from any handling or interference by any
person whatever, unless it be i'll the pres
ence or by the direction of one of the Judges
of said Court, and then only in the manner
herein provided, and If at the beginning of
the term for which they were drawn any
grand juror shall be absent or unable to at
tend for any cause whatever, or be disquali-
flied or excused by the court and additional
grand jurors be needed, the Judge or Judges
of the said Circuit Court may select from
the list of names constituting the petit jury
such juror or jurors as to him or them may