LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 329.

AN ACT to provide for the selecting, drawing and summon-
ing of Jurors in St. Mary's County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

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land, That it shall be the duty of the clerk to the County
Commissioners for St. Mary's county, to make out and file
with the clerk of the circuit court for said county, not less
than twenty days before the third Monday in September in
each and every year, a full and complete list of ail the male
taxable residents of said county whose names appear on the
iax books thereof and who are not known to said clerk, to be
less than twenty-five nor more than seventy years of age, the
said clerk to the commissioners shall append to the said list a
certificate that is fully and fairly made and shall receive for
making such list such compensation as the County Commis-
sioners shall deem proper, not exceeding fifty dollars, and for
failure to make such list annually, the clerk shall be liable, on
conviction thereof, to a tine of not less than one hundred dol-
lars, and be dismissed from said office, and be ineligible of
folding such position again.

Clerk to make
list of male
taxpayers.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
judge or judges of the Circuit Court for St. Mary's County,
not less than fifteen days before the commencement of each
jury term of said court, in the presence of such members of
the bar of said court as shall think proper to attend, notice
of the time and place having been first given to said members
of the bar, to proceed to select from the list provided for by
section 1 of this act, and from the poll-books of the several
election districts of said county, which shall have been re-
turned and filed in the clerk's office of the Circuit Court of
St. Mary's County after any general election which has been
last held before such election, a panel to consist of one hun-
dred and fifty names of male citizens of said county, with
special reference to their intelligence, integrity and sobriety,
.and without any reference to their political opinion, which said
names shall be apportioned to the several election districts of
said county, in proportion to the number of registered voters,
and male taxpayers in each of said respective districts; the
said judge or judges shall then append to said list of one
hundred and fifty names, a certificate certifying that said list
has been selected in conformity to the provisions of this act

and the said list and certificate shall be filed with the clerk of

Selection, of
names by

Judges.