WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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of said city at said term. The judges shall, after

so correcting and completing the list of grand jurors

for the city of Baltimore, so by them before made

out, attest the said list of grand jurors as so cor-

Attest list of

rected, by their certificate and signatures thereto.

grand jurors.

The judge of the Criminal Court of Baltimore

shall, at the beginning of each term of the said

court, designate the foreman of the grand jury for

the city of Baltimore for the said ensuing term

from among the number of grand jurors selected as

aforesaid for said city; and in case of the disquali-

fication, sickness, absence or death of said foreman,

or of any foreman of said grand jury, may desig-

nate another from among the number of said grand

jury who shall act as such foreman.

GO!. The said judges of the Supreme Bench of

Baltimore city, or a majority of them, shall, at one

or more of the meetings provided for in the last

preceding section of this article, after the selection

of the grand jurors for the city of Baltimore as pro-

vided in the last preceding section, cause all the

names selected by the judges as aforesaid, remaining

upon said list of qualified jurors, to be inscribed

Inscribed

upon ballots, which shall be of equal size, color and

upon ballots.

appearance, and shall be closely folded, and shall be

placed by such judges, with their own hands, on the

day of said meeting and immediately before the

drawing herein provided for, in a drawing wheel, to

be provided for that purpose by the sheriff of Bal-

timore city, under the direction of said judges; the

said judges shall then cause the said sheriff, or

such one of his deputies as he shall designate.

to appear before them, and it shall be the duty

of the said sheriff, or his said deputy, in the

presence, and in the immediate view of the

said judges, and of such other person or per-

sons as may chose to attend, to draw, one by one,

Drawing of

from the said wheel, all the ballots contained therein ;

ballots.

and the said judges shall cause the said wheel to be

turned on its axis before the commencement of said

drawing, and after the ballots have been deposited

therein, and after the drawing of each ballot, and

before the drawing of the next, until the whole of

said ballots shall have been drawn; and the names

appearing on said ballots as drawn, together with the

names selected as grand jurors, shall be forthwith