TALBOT COUNTY. 4587

proper, not exceeding twenty-five dollars for any one list so made out;
and for wilful failure or refusal to perform the duty hereby imposed,
the said Treasurer shall forfeit and pay to the State a fine of not less than
one hundred, dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, in the discretion
of the court, to be recovered by indictment as for a misdemeanor.

1904, ch. 184, sec. 2.

262. It shall be the duty of the Judges or Judge of the Circuit Court
for Talbot County, not less than fifteen days before the commencement
of each term of said court, at which jurors are required to attend, in pres-
ence of said practicing members of the bar of said court as shall think
proper to attend, notice of the time and place having first been given to
said bar through the crier of said court, to proceed to select from the list
last furnished by the County Treasurer as provided in Section 261 of this
subtitle, and from the poll books of the several election districts of this
county, which shall have been returned to the Supervisors of Election for
Talbot County, or other officer or officers entitled to the custody of the same,
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
hundred 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, thirty-seven; from the second Election District,
thirty-three; from the Third Election District, thirty-five; from the Fourth
Election District, twenty-five; from the Fifth Election District, twenty;
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
appended 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 certificates shall be filed with the clerk of
said court, and by him be preserved, as other proceedings of said court are
kept.

1904, ch. 184, sec. 3.

263. 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 at
tend, 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
appearance, which shall be closely folded and placed by said Judge or
Judges, by their own hands, immediately before the drawing hereinbefore
provided for, into a box twenty inches long, six inches wide and four
inches deep, to be provided for the purpose by the clerk of said court, under
the direction of said Judge or Judges of said court, which box shall have
five compartments or drawers, which shall be numbered to correspond
with the numbers of the respective election districts of said county, and