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List of jurors.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Judges of the Circuit Courts for each
of the counties, at any time after the regular term
of said Courts, at which jurors are required to at-
tend, has adjourned, but not less than fifteen days
before the commencement of the next succeeding
term at which jurors are rejuired to attend, in the
presence of such practising members of the bar of
said Court, as shall think proper to attend, notice
of the time and place having been first given to
said bar through the Criers of said Courts, to pro-
ceed to select from the lists last furnished by the
Clerks of the County Commissioners, provided
for in the first Section of this Act, and from the
poll books of the several election districts of said
counties, that shall be returned and filed in the
Clerk's office of said Courts, after any general
election that may be last held previous to such
selection, a pariel to consist of the names of five
hundred persons in the County of Baltimore, of
two hundred persons in the several Counties of
Washington, Montgomery, Allegany, Carroll,
Frederick, Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Har-
ford, Cecil, Dorchester, Worcester and Somerset,
and of one hundred and fifty persons in the sev-
eral Counties of Howard, Charles, Calvert, St.
Mary's, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline and Tal-
bot, to be fairly and impartially selected of the
age aforesaid, by the said Judges, with special re-
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Furnish cer-
tificate.
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ference to the intelligence, sobriety and integrity
' of such persons, and without the least reference
to their political opinion ; and of the names of
such persons, when so selected, a list shall be
made, and a certificate thereto appended by the
said Judges, that said list of names has been duly
selected in conformity with and according to the
spirit and intent of this act ; and which said lists
and certificates shall be filed with the Clerks of
the said Courts, and by them preserved as other
proceedings of the said Court are kept.
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