596 SHERIFFS. [ART. 88.

city, or the judge of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, if he
be elected for said city, with condition that he shall well and
faithfully execute the office of sheriff of ———— county, or the
city of Baltimore, in all things appertaining thereto, and shall
well and truly perform all the duties required by law to be by
him performed.

3. He shall give such bond in each year of his sheriffalty be-
fore the first day of January in each year; and the bond shall be
recorded by the clerk administering the oath of office.

4. If any sheriff shall fail to give the bond herein required, the
office shall be deemed vacant.

5. Before acting as sheriff, he shall also, under the penalty of
fifty dollars, take the following oath : " I, A. B., do swear, that
in the summoning of jurors for any purpose, I will use my utmost
diligence to summon and return as jurors sober, intelligent, and
judicious persons, of good reputation and character for honesty
and impartiality, to serve as jurors; and that I will not summon,
(or permit any officer under me to summon) any juror who in
my judgment will be influenced in determining any of the mat-
ters which shall come before him as a juror, by hatred, malice,
or ill will, fear, favor, or affection, or by any partiality whatever,
and that I will not summon or return as a juror any person who,
in my opinion, or to my knowledge, may have solicited to be re-
turned on the panel of jurors, or may have been recommended
or requested to be returned by another person." The above oath
shall be taken before the clerk, and be by him recorded.

6. On the return of jurors to each term of the court to which
the same may be returned, the sheriff shall take in open court an
oath, in the precise form of the oath prescribed in the preceding
section, except substituting the words " I have not summoned"
for " I will not."

7. The oath mentioned in the last preceding section may be
made by the sheriff before the clerk at the time he makes his re-
turn of jurors, instead of making it in open court, in cases where
the sheriff cannot possibly attend the court by reason of sickness
or other causes, and in no other cases.