The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-06-04
CHAPTER NO. 837.

AN ACT to repeal Sections l27-B ana l21 c
OF section Of Chapter 31i Of the Act OF the
General Assembly Of Maryland Of 1900,
amending Article u OF the Code OF Public
Local Laws. title Garrett County," subtitle
Jurors and TO add four section to said Ar
ticle T. of the Code OF Public Local Laws to
follow Section l25-A. as added by the Act of
1900 Chapter 3i4 relating to the selection ana
drawing Of jurors as well as other matters
concerning jurors for said County, and to be
known as sections l27-B ETC, ED and l21-
f.
SECTroNl. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State of Maryland, That
Section l21 b and l21 c of Chapter 81 Of the
Acts OF 1900 amending Article Il OF the Code
OF Public Local Laws. title Garrett County,
subtitle Jurors be ana the same are here
| by repealed. and he it further enacted that
foul sections be and the same are hereby ad
qed to Article y of the Code OF Public Local
Laws TO follow Section ETA as added by
the Act OF 1909, Chapter 314, and to be
known as sections l2,-B, ETC, ED, and
u, E, ana to read as follows:
Ei-B. Instead OF causing the names to he
written upon ballots ana placed in and
GraWn from box, as provided in section
| or Article d Of the Code OF Public General
Laws, the JudgepF 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. ana to have
| the same divided into two compartments
/ and further. to provide one hundred and
| hfty white balls. each of the same size. plain
| ~ ana clearly marked it'll numbers from
! one to one hundred and fifty. respectively,
/ which said balls shall be paced in one of tile
| compartments OF said box ana thoroughly
| shaken and well mixed, and after the list Of
/ one hundred and nifty 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 de
! puticS, whom the said Judge or Judges shall
! designate. neither the one nor the other who
/ may be So required 70 act to De present at
! the selection OF the said list of one hundred
| ana nifty names, To appear before MIN or
| them. aud then and there in the presence Of
/ said Judge orJudges ana 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 bV
( removing the sliding top Thereof as viii ONLY
! conveniently admit the haud ana Without in
/ any manner LOOKING INTO said box one by
/ one furtN- eight of said balls. ana as each Of
/ said balls is drawn from said box il shall
! DE handed to the said Judge or Judges who
/ shah announce the number thereon togetn-
! el with the name on the list of one hundred
] ana NIFTY names OTresuOndiug To said mum.
/ Der so drawn. and the said torty-eight names
| corresponding to the forty eight numbers so
! drawn shan with said numbers be duly re
I corded by said Judge Or Judges. or BV the
/ clerk or one OF his deputies in their presence
/ ana under their direction, ana in the order
/ in " hlrh they shall be drawn.
] II G. OF the forty eight jurors 50 drawn.
as provided in the preceding section, the
/ Judge or Judges on the day on which they
/ were SO drawn shall select ana appoint one
! as the foreman OF the grand Jury at the next
! ensuing term OF said Circuit Court: and of
the remaining forty seven Names the tirst
! tW enty two in the order in which they We're
/ 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
| 1uries TO which they belong; and thereupOn
the said Judge or Judges shall forthwith
| order venre faciaS, directed to the Sheriff
OF said county,commaLdin him to summon
as grand jurors to attend on the first day
! of the next ensuing term of said lpurt no
several persons whose names have been
| drawn and selected as grand jurors as afore-
| said, and also commanding the said Sheriff
| TO summon as petit jurors 10 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. II 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 round. II shall be tDe duty of said
| sheriff forthwith to return the fact OF such
! death, disability or absence; and the said
Judge or Judges shall cause 10 be drawn
| FROM said box, in the manner hereinhefore
| 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 ana not found, OF 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, ana the remainder drawn
/ TO be petit jurors to Ill vacancies thus oC-
curing; and shall cause the name or names
! or SuCn person or persons so as last atOre-
! said drawn. to be inserted in the venire
( facias, to be summoned as grand or petit
{ jurors, As the case may be. ard il shan he
the duty of the sheriff 10 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
/ 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 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 nlled 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 Mi vacancies, and such
drawing shah 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 ana the numbers
there ana the names corresponding thereto
have been recorded as provided in Section
( l27-B 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 We're 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 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 II 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-
lied 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