ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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appear after having been summoned as aforesaid, or

the said waiver shall be made with the consent of the

court, then such of the talesmen as have been properly

summoned and have appeared, shall be called to be

sworn in the order in which their said names are re-

Swear in order
of names.

corded in the jury book aforesaid, or whenever in

either of said courts it shall be necessary to summon

talesmen, the judges of the said courts respectively, in-

stead of, or in addition to, resorting to the foregoing

provisions of this section for the summoning of tales-

men, may order the sheriff to summon as such talesmen

any of the jurymen in attendance upon either of the said

courts, except said criminal court of Baltimore, who

may not then be engaged as a part of any special panel,

and if it should happen at any time that in summon-

ing talesmen for any of the said courts the sheriff

shall exhaust the whole list of the names drawn from

the said wheel, as provided in this article, it shall be

his duty to immediately make report thereof, verified

by his affidavit or affirmation, to the supreme bench

of Baltimore city, and thereupon the said judges, or

one of them, shall immediately cause the sheriff, or

his deputy to be designated by him, to appear before

such judge or judges, in some one of the court rooms

in said city, and cause such additional number of names,

Draw addition-

as shall be designated by the judge of the court for

al names.

which such talesmen are needed, to be drawn from the

names selected by said judges as aforesaid, and still re-

maining upon said list of qualified jurors, and from such

further names, if any, as the judges of the supreme

bench, or a majority of them, shall select and cause to be

added to said list; and the said drawing shall be made

and the names drawn shall be recorded in the manner

provided in sections six hundred and four and six

hundred and eight of this article, and talesmen shall

be summoned from such additional number of persons

so drawn in the manner hereinbefore directed.

SEC. 614. It shall be the duty of said judges, or a

majority of them, to assemble, as hereinbefore in this

article provided, on the Thursday preceding the fourth

Monday of each term, and thereafter so long as a jury

Duty of judges

may be required for any of said courts from three

weeks to three weeks during each term of each of the

said courts which may require the attendance of a

jury; at such meetings the said judges, or a majority

of them, shall cause the names of those who have