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ART. 4.] JURORS. 467
which the said panels and the names aforesaid were drawn; and
the said books shall be certified by the judge or judges who shall
have attended said drawing, to be true copies of the book pre-
scribed in section 586, and said books shall be denominated jury
books for Baltimore city.
1883, ch. 67. 1884, ch. 450.
592. When the said jury books shall have been prepared and
certified as directed in the foregoing section, it shall be the duty
of the said judge or judges by whom the same shall have been so
certified, to cause one of the said books to be deposited in the
custody of the clerk of the superior court of Baltimore city, and
one in the custody of the sheriff of Baltimore city, and one shall
be retained by the said judges of the supreme bench of Baltimore
city, or by such one of their number as they shall appoint for the
purpose of verifying the lists of persons so delivered as aforesaid
to the clerks or the sheriff of Baltimore city. And when the said
books shall have been delivered to the said sheriff, he shall imme-
diately summon the several jurors drawn for the several panels
named in the said book, to serve in the court for which they have
been respectively drawn, at such time as shall be designated by
the court. And in addition to summoning the said jurors for the
said several panels, the said sheriff shall also summon such
additional number of persons, whose names are set down in said
book, and as nearly as may be in the order in which their names
are so set down, as the said judges of the supreme bench, or a
majority of them shall direct, to appear in the room of the
superior court of Baltimore city at the same time with the panel
for said court. And the said additional number of jurors shall
constitute a reserve, from which, without further summons,
jurors may be selected to serve in lieu of any persons drawn for
the regular panels of said court as aforesaid, who may not be
found, fail to appear, are legally disabled, or are excused or
excluded from attending, so that the panels may be completed
by selecting from said reserve, in the following order: first, for
the superior court of Baltimore city; second, the criminal court
of Baltimore; third, the Baltimore city court; and fourth, the
court of common pleas. And until said panels have been com-
pleted, said reserves shall be required, upon the order of the
several courts, to proceed from one to the other in the order
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