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thereof, or with the preparation or folding of said ballots, or with
the wheel aforesaid, so that the fair operation and lawful and im-
partial execution of the provisions of this sub-tide of this article
in relation to the selection of jurors in the city of Baltimore shall
be knowingly prevented or interfered with, or with intent to in-
terfere with or prevent the same, or to permit or allow the same to
be interfered with or prevented, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to be confined, in
the discretion of the court, in the penitentiary or Maryland house
of correction for a term of not less than one nor more than three
years.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 615.

599. All special juries authorized by law to be summoned
shall be summoned by the sheriff of Baltimore city from those
whose names may be inscribed in the jury book as then revised.

Ibid. sec. 616.

600. If any sheriff of Baltimore city, or any deputy thereof,
shall wilfully violate the provisions of this sub-title of this article
relating to juries, the said sheriff shall forfeit the sum of one
thousand dollars, which shall be recovered by civil action in the
name of the State against the sheriff and the sureties on his bond
in that behalf, and one-half of the penalty shall be paid to the
informer.

Ibid. sec. 617.

601. Any two of the judges of the supreme bench of Balti-
more city may constitute a quorum at any meeting held under
the provisions of this sub-title of this article, and may exercise all
the powers reposed in the said judges.

Ibid. sec. 618.

602. In all criminal cases in which the person indicted has or
may have the right of peremptory challenge, the State's attorney
shall have the right to challenge peremptorily any number of
jurors not exceeding five.

F. G. L., (1860,) art. 50, sec. 18.

603. The grand jury shall at each term of the court visit
the jail, and inquire into its condition, the manner in which it is