452 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 177

as herein directed) to appear before him and then and
there, in the presence of said judge and such other persons
as may choose to be present, after well and thoroughly stir-
ring said marbles so that they be well mixed, and without
looking into the compartment or drawer, to draw from the
seven compartments consecutively, beginning with the com-
partment numbered "1, " 48 of the numbered marbles as
follows: 6 from the compartment numbered "1"; 6 from
the compartment numbered "2"; 12 from the compartment
numbered "3"; 7 from the compartment numbered "4"; 10
from the compartment numbered "5"; 3 from the compart-
ment numbered "6"; and 4 from the compartment num-
bered "7"; and the names corresponding to the numbered
marbles drawn shall be duly recorded by said judge, or by
the clerk, in the presence of the judge, in the order drawn;
and immediately thereupon the said judge shall forthwith
order a venire facias, directed to the sheriff of said county,
commanding him to summon as jurors, to attend at the
next ensuing term of said court, the several persons whose
names shall be drawn as aforesaid, and if any of the per-
sons 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 to be found,
it shall be the duty of the sheriff forthwith to return the
fact of said death, disability or absence, and said judge or
one of the other judges shall thereupon cause to be drawn
from said compartment or drawer from which the name of
the person so dead, sick or returned non est, or excused for
good cause shown, in the manner hereinbefore directed,
another name in the place and stead of the original who
may be dead, disabled, absent, or excused, and shall cause
the name or names of such person or persons so as last
aforesaid drawn to be inserted in said venire facias to be
summoned as aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of the sher-
iff to summon the person or persons named in said venire
facias and make returns thereof to the said court at or be-
fore the opening of its session; provided, however, that no
person shall be drawn and summoned to two successive
terms of court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each, of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 24, 1951.