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Remaining
names shall
constitute
petit jury.
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grand jury, and the remaining twenty -five names shall con-
stitute the petit jury for said term of court; provided, how-
ever, that the foreman shall constitute and be counted
as one in the apportionment for the election district in
which he shall reside, it being the meaning of this Act
that the grand jury and the petit jury shall be divided as
equally as may be between the election districts of said
county, and as soon as the grand and petit juries shall be
drawn, the remaining one hundred and two names shall be,
respectively, returned to their several drawers or compart-
ments for future use in drawing jurors for said term of court.
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How vacancies
shall be filled.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That whenever a vacancy shall
occur in the position of foreman of the grand jury, either
temporary or permanent, by death, absence, sickness or any
other cause, the court shall have power to appoint some other
member of the grand jury foreman, as often as the necessity"
for such appointment shall occur. If for any reason any per-
son or persons drawn as a grand juror or grand jurors shall
fail to attend and be present at the conclusion of the drawing,
or be disqualified, or be excused for cause, the court shall
forthwith proceed to fill such vacancy or vacancies from the
aforesaid remaining number of twenty-five names of those
who are present in the order in which said names were drawn
from the election district or districts, corresponding with
those from which such vacancy may be created, as above,
and may thereupon in its discretion fill such vacancy or
vacancies thus made in the petit jury by drawing the neces-
sary number of additional names in the manner prescribed in
this Act from the district wherein such vacancy or vacancies
may exist.
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Power to
compel
attendance.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the judge or judges of said
court shall have the same power to compel attendance of
jurors, and shall proceed in all other matters not provided for
in this Act, as under the general law relating to jurors.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on and after the first day of July, 1900.
Approved April 10, 1900.
CHAPTER 619.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 42, 44, 45, 49,
50, 51, 52, 53, 67, 68 and 82, of Article 81, of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Revenue and
Taxes," so far as the same relate to Talbot County, and to
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