The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-06-11
CHAPTER NO. S37.

AN ACT to repeal Sections I27-B ana l21- c
OF section Of Chapter 3,4 of the Act or the
General Assembly of Maryland of 1900
amending Article L. OF the Code OF Public
Local Laws, title Garrett County" subtitle
Jurors and to add four section to said Ar
tlc!e l. OF the Code of Public Local Laws to
follow Section ETA. as added by the Act OF
lSc Chapter 314 relating 10 the selection ana
drawing OF Jurors as well as other matters
concerning Jurors for said County, and to he
known as sections l27-B, PIC, ED and l27-
+.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly OF the state of MARYLAND, That
section l27 b and ~ G OF Chapter 314 OF the
Acts of 1900. ali. ending Article il Of the Code
OF Public Local Laws, title Garrett County, -
SUB title Jurors. be and the same are here
by repealed, and be IL further enacted that
four sections be and the same are hereby adj
Qed TO Article - Of the Code of Public Local
Laws to follow Section ETA as added by
the Act Of 100. Chapter 374, and to be
known as sections l2T-B, &c, l21-D and
~ +, and to read as follows:
l21-B. Instead OF causing the names 10 be
written upon ballots and placed in and
Drawn from box, as provided in Section S
OF Article 81 of the Code of Public General
Laws, the Judge or Judges OF said Court NAV
in ms or their discretion in lieu Thereof re
qutre the Clerk OF said Court to provide "A
DOX or sufflClent dimensions. and to have
the same divided into two compartments
ana further, to provide one hundred and
NIFTY white balls. each of the same size Dlain-
ly ana clearly marked with numbers from
'.
which said balls shall be paced in one of the
compartments Of said box and thOroughly
shaken and well mixed. and after the list of
one hundred and fifty names shall have been
selected ana certified to, as provided in the
preceding section the said Judge or Judges
shall then cause the Clerk or one of his do
puties, whom the said Judge or Judges shan
designate, neither the one nor the other who
may be so required TO act to be present nj
the selection OF the said list of one hundred
ana MY names, TO appear before him or
them, ana then and there in the presence Of
salu Judge pTjudges ana such other persons
as may choose to be present TO draw from
the compartment in which said balls ha va
been placed. through the Opening made nv
removing the sliding top Thereof as win only
conveniently admit the hand and " lth0ut in
any manner looking into said box one nv
one forty eight OF said balls, and as each OF
SAID Dalls Is drawn from said box, il shall
he handed to the said Judge or Judges who
shall announce the number thereon, t0gpth-
er with the name on the list of one hundred
ana ftty names corresponding to said mum
Der so drawn. and the said forty-ei names
corresponding to the forty eight numbers 50
drawn shall with said numbers be duly re
corded by said Judge or judges or by the
Clerk or one Of his deputies in their presence
and under their direction, and in the order
in which they shall be drawn
l2I-C. OF the forty-eight jurors so drawn.
as provided in the preceding Section the
Judge or Judges on the day on which they
We're so drawn shall select and appoint one
as the foreman OF the grand jury at the next
the remaining tOlty-seven names, the first
tw enty 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 shall 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
JurleS to which they belong; and thereuDOn
the said Judge or Judges shall forthwith
order venire facias, directed to the Sheriff
OF said county, 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 q grand Jurors as afOre-
said, and also commanding the said Sheriff
TO summon as petit jurors to attend on the
hrSt thursday OF the next ensuing term of
said court the several persons whose name
have been drawn as petit jurors as afore-
said. III any such persons whose names are
so drawn and embraced in said venire taciaS
should be dead, sick or otherwise unable to
attend, or should be absent and therefore
not be found. it shall be 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 hereinbefOTe
directed, other names i'll the place and stead
OF the original grand or petit Jurors who
may be dead. sick or otherwise unable to II
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 i'll order drawn to constitute ad-
dltional grand jurors to till.vacancies occur
to be petit jurors to I'LL vacancies thus oc-
curing; and shall cause the name or names
OF such person or persons so as last afOre-
said drawn, to be inserted in the Venire
jurors, as the case may be, and it shan be
the duty of the Sher11t 10 summon the per
sons named in said Ventre tdciaS 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
rnruflt Of fRA q. -
lected, or be excused by the Court from serV-
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 a grand juror, but one so excused from
serving as foreman may in the discretion of
the court be required to serve as grand
juror, unless disqualified or exempt.
If vacancies are to be filed before the be-
ginning Of a term as herein provided for
the court may by its order in writing au-
thOrize and direct the Clerk of the Court to
draw from the box such additional jurors as
are necessary to fill 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
l27-B Is, the Judge or Judges shall place the
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,
ana 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 in 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-
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