ART. 4.] JURORS. 473

kept and the treatment of the prisoners, and report the same to
the court.

1867, ch. 369.

604. All the provisions of this sub-title of this article relating
to the mode of drawing and summoning jurors shall be construed
as directory merely, and no indictment or presentment for any
felony or misdemeanor shall be quashed, nor shall any judgment
upon any indictment or presentment, whether after verdict, by
confession or otherwise, be stayed or reversed, nor shall any chal-
lenge to the array of jurors be allowed because of any failure by
the judges, or the clerks, or the sheriff, to comply with the pro-
visions of law relating to the drawing of jurors in the city of
Baltimore; provided, nevertheless, that if any officer concerned
in the drawing of said jurors shall wilfully neglect to perform
any duty imposed upon him by law, he shall be liable to indict-
ment in the criminal court of Baltimore, and upon conviction
shall be fined the sum of one thousand dollars.

PAY OF JURORS.
1880, ch. 441.

605. Jurors in any of the courts of the city of Baltimore shall
receive one dollar and a half per day for each and every day they
shall attend the several courts of this State in said city as jurors;
and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court to which the
jurors shall be summoned, to furnish on the day their services
shall terminate, to each juror, a certificate, showing the days he
has been in attendance on the court, and the amount payable to
him for such service; and the register of the city shall pay the
jurors the sums payable for such service in cash, and immediately
upon the presentation and surrender of such certificate, with the
receipt of the juror, and said payment shall not be demanded save
upon the surrender of said certificates, and the said certificates
shall not be the subject of assignment.

VOLUNTEER MILITIA EXEMPT FROM JUST DUTY.

1870, ch. 182.

606. All certificates of membership of any legally organized
volunteer company of the militia, shall be signed by the command-