JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the box in which are placed
the names of persons selected for the jury in Baltimore county
shall contain fifteen compartments, and there shall be drawn
therefrom in the manner now provided by law four names
from compartment number one, four names from compart-
ment number three, four names from compartment number
eight (instead of tive names as heretofore from each of said
compartments), five names from compartment number nine
(instead of six names as heretofore), four names from com-
partment number twelve and four names from compartment
number fifteen (instead of two names as heretofore) from each
of said compartments.

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Manner of
selecting
Jury.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all parts of said
Article 51, Section 8 of the Code of Public General Laws
inconsistent with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.

CHAPTER 622.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and Common Council of
Westminster to issue its bonds or certificate of indebtedness
to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the pur-
pose of providing that amount of money to enable the said
Mayor and Common Council of Westminster to subscribe
for and purchase the capital stock of the Baltimore, West-
minster and Gettysburg Railroad Company, of the par value
of fifty dollars per share, to the amount of twenty-five thou-
sand dollars.

Repeal.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Mayor and Common Council of West-
minster be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to
issue bonds in the name of the Mayor and Common Council
of Westminster, of sums of not less than tive hundred dollars
nor more than one thousand dollars each, to be signed by the
Mayor and countersigned by the clerk of the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Westminster, and said bonds shall be sealed
with the corporate seal of the Common Council of West-
minster to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, bearing
interest at the rate not exceeding tive percentum per annum,
the interest thereon to be paid semi-annually on the first day
of. January and July in each and every year, and each of said
bonds be payable thirty years after date to bearer, redeemable,

Authority to
issue bonds.