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scribe before the Clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore City an oath
that he will keep secret all matters and things occurring before such
Grand Juries.

1900, ch. 164.

604C. It shall be lawful for any stenographer, duly appointed and
qualified as herein provided, to attend and be present at the sessions of
every Grand Jury empaneled in the said city, and it shall be his duty
to take in shorthand the testimony introduced before such Grand Juries
and to furnish to the Grand Jury and the State's Attorney of said city
a full copy of all such testimony as such Grand Jury or State's Attorney
shall require, and he shall not permit any other person to take a copy of
the same nor of any portion thereof, nor to read the same nor any portion
thereof, nor shall he disclose the character or any of the contents of the
same to any person or persons other than the Grand Jury or State's
Attorney for said city, except upon the written order of the Court duly
made after hearing the State's Attorney. All of the said original minutes
shall be kept in the custody of said State's Attorney, and neither the same
nor a copy of the same shall be taken from the office of said 'State's Attor-
ney excepting for the use of a Grand Jury for said city or for production
in Court, without an order of Court first had and obtained, as above
provided.

1900, ch. 164.

604D. Any stenographer appointed as aforesaid who shall violate any
of the provisions of the three preceding sections with regard to secrecy
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall
be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisoned in jail not
exceeding one year, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of
the Court.

1882, ch. 67. 1884, ch. 450. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 586.
605. The said Judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, or
one or more of them, shall, at one or more of the meetings provided
for in Section 604 of this subdivision of this Article, after the selection
of the grand juries for the City of Baltimore, as provided in the last
preceding section, cause all the names selected by the Judges as afore-
said, remaining upon said list of qualified jurors, to be inscribed upon
ballots, which shall be of equal size, color and appearance, and shall be
closely folded and shall be placed by one of such Judges, with his own
hands, on the day of said meeting and immediately before the drawing
herein provided for, in a drawing wheel to be provided for that purpose
by the Sheriff of Baltimore City, under the direction of said Judges; the
said Judge shall then cause the said Sheriff, or such one of his deputies
as he shall designate, to appear before him; and it shall be the duty of the
said Sheriff or his said deputy, in the presence and in the immediate view
of the said Judge or Judges, and of such other persons as may choose to
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