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the list last furnished by the clerk of the County Commissioners as pro-
vided in Section 248 of this Article and from the poll-books of the several

election districts of this county, which shall have been returned and filed
in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County, after

any general election last held, a panel to consist of one hundred and fifty
citizens of said county, to be fairly and impartially selected with special
reference to the intelligence, sobriety and integrity of such persons, and
without the least reference to their political opinions, which said one hun-

dred and fifty citizens shall be selected as to their respective numbers from
the respective election districts of said county, as follows: From the first
election district, twenty-six; from the second election district, nineteen;
from the third election district, twenty-nine; from the fourth election dis-

trict, sixteen; from the fifth election district, twenty-seven; from the sixth
election district, sixteen; from the seventh election district, seventeen, and
of the names of the persons so selected, and the respective districts from
which they have been selected, a list shall be made and a certificate ap-
pended thereto by said judge or judges, certifying that said list of names
has been selected in conformity with and according to the spirit of this
Act, and the said list and certificate shall be filed with the Clerk of said
Court and by him be preserved as other proceedings of the said court are
kept.

1900, ch. 618, sec. 3. 1904, ch. 303

250. When said list of names, selected as directed by the preceding
section of this Act, is made and certified as hereinbefore provided, imme-
diately thereupon the judge or judges of said court, in the presence of
the members of the bar as aforesaid, and such other persons as may attend,
shall cause all the names selected and placed on the list as aforesaid, to be
legibly written on ballots of the same size, and the same color and appear-
ance, which shall be closely folded and placed by said judge or judges

with their own hands, immediately before the drawing hereinbefore pro-
vided for, into a box of the length of about thirty inches, width of about
eight inches and depth of about five inches, to be provided by the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County, under the direction of the
judge or judges thereof, and said box shall have its length divided into
seven equal compartments or drawers, extending in length about the width
of said box, which shall be numbered to correspond with the numbers of
the respective election districts of said county, and the name of the per-
sons so selected as aforesaid shall be placed by the judge or judges in the
said compartments and drawers as follows: The twenty-six names selected

from the first district in number one; the nineteen names from the. second
district in number two; the twentv-nine names from the third district in
number three; the sixteen names from the fourth district in number four;

the twenty-seven names from the fifth district in number five; the sixteen
names from the sixth district in number six, and the seventeen names from
the seventh district in number seven; and after so depositing said ballots

the said box shall be closed, and the judge or judges shall cause the clerk