3908 ARTICLE 17.
the opening session of the Court, from which is to be selected the Grand
Jury and the first week's Petit Jury, the remaining twenty-five to be desig-
nated in the venire facias as the "second week's jury" shall not be required
to attend until the second week. Of the forty-seven jurors (the Foreman
of the Grand Jury having been previously selected) drawn and sum-
moned to attend at the opening session, the said Court at said session,
shall direct the clerk to legibly write upon ballots the names of said
forty-seven jurors and after carefully folding said ballots separately to
place them in a box with a sliding top, and said clerk shall draw said
ballots therefrom one at a time without looking into said box and the
first twenty-two names drawn therefrom, with the Foreman previously
appointed, shall constitute the Grand Jury and the remaining twenty-five
names shall constitute the Petit Jury for the first week of said term. If
for any reason any person 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 excused for cause the Court shall forthwith proceed
to fill such vacancy or vacancies from the aforesaid remaining twenty-five
names of those who are present in the order in which the names were drawn
from the box and may thereupon in its discretion fill such vacancy or
vacancies thus made in the Petit Jury by drawing from the compartment
or compartments of the jury box, representing the district or districts from
which the juror or jurors disqualified or excused were previously drawn,
other names in the place and stead of those originally drawn and who may
be disqualified, excused or absent.
Vincent v. State, 91 Md. 719.
1890, ch. 137, sec. 180. 1912 Code, sec. 338.
568. The county commissioners shall annually at their levy-laying
session in March, estimate the sum of money probably necessary to pay
jurors attending the Circuit Court for said county during the next fiscal
year, and shall levy the same as an appropriation for such purpose.
1890, ch. 137, sec. 181. 1912 Code, sec. 339.
569. A certificate signed by the clerk of the Circuit Court and stating
the days the juror to whom such certificate is issued has attended and the
sum due him therefor, shall be sufficient authority to the county treasurer
to pay the amount therein specified out of any moneys remaining in his
hands appropriated for such purpose by warrant of the county commis-
sioners.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
P. L. L., 1888, Art. 17, sec. 182. 1912 Code, sec. 340.
570. There shall be four justices of the peace for Prince George's
county for each of the eighteen election districts therein.
See secs. 419-134 for additional election districts.
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