ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 831
No. 31, "Jurors, " (Flack's Code, 1930, Article 3, Sections
391A and 391C), as enacted by Chapter 339 of the Acts
of 1929, and to add an extra, new section thereto to be
known as Section 391AA, so as to provide for a list of
taxable inhabitants of Baltimore County to be furnished
by the County Commissioners under the instructions and
directions of the Circuit Court for said county, and to
substitute such list, in the selection of jurors, in the
place and stead of the list provided for in Section 6 of
Article 51 of the Public General Laws of Maryland.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 391A and 391C of Offutt's Re-
vised Code of the Public Local Laws of Baltimore County,
Edition of 1929, title No. 31, "Jurors, " (Flack's Code, 1930,
Article 3, Sections 391A and 391C), as enacted by Chapter
339 of the Acts of 1929, be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and an extra and
additional section be added thereto to be known as Section
391AA, said sections to read', respectively, as follows:
Section 391A. It shall be the duty of the Judges of the
Circuit Court for Baltimore County, not less than fifteen
(15) days before the commencement of each term of said
court, in the presence of such practicing members of the
Bar of said court as shall think proper to attend, notice of
the time and place haying been first given to said Bar
through the crier of said court, to proceed to select from
the list last furnished by the County Commissioners of
said county, provided for in Section 391AA of this
Act immediately succeeding this Section, and on the
poll books of the several election districts of said county
that shall be last filed in the clerk's office of said court,
provided for in. the preceding section, a panel to consist of
the names of two hundred (200) male persons to be fairly
and impartially, selected by said judges, with special refer-
ence to the Intelligence, sobriety and integrity of such per-
sons and without the least reference to their political
opinions, to be known as the petit jury panel, provided,
however, that no person shall be selected and placed upon
such panel as a juror who shall not have arrive at the age
of twenty-five years for who is over seventy years of age,
Judges of the Orphans' Court of said county, delegates,
coroners, and constables during their continuance in office;
and also school masters, physicians, pharmacists and min-
isters of the gospel shall be exempt from attendance as
jurors; and of the names of such persons when so selected,
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