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Article relating to juries, the said Sheriff shall forfeit the sum
of one thousand dollars, which shall be recovered by civil action
in the name of the State against the Sheriff and the sureties on
his bond in that behalf, and one-half of the penalty shall be paid
to the informer.

617. Any two of the Judges of the Supreme Bench of Bal-
timore City may constitute a quorum at any meeting held under
the provisions of this sub-division of this Article, and may exer-
cise all the powers reposed in the said Judges.

618. In all criminal cases in which the person indicted has
or may have the right of peremptory challenge, the State's At-
torney shall have the right to challenge peremptorily any num-
ber of jurors not exceeding five.

619. The Grand Jury shall at each term of the court visit
the jail, and inquire into its condition, the manner in which it
is kept and the treatment of the prisoners, and report the same
to the court.

620. All the provisions of this sub-division of this Article re-
lating to the mode of drawing and summoning jurors shall be
construed as directory merely, and no indictment or present-
ment for any felony or misdemeanor shall be quashed, nor shall
any judgment upon any indictment or presentment, whether
after verdict, by confession or otherwise, be stayed or reversed,
nor shall any challenge to the array of jurors be allowed because
of any failure by the Judges, or the clerks, or the Sheriff, to

comply with the provisions of law relating to the drawing of
jurors in the City of Baltimore; provided, nevertheless, that if
any officer concerned in the drawing of said jurors shall wil-
fully neglect to perform any duty imposed upon him by law, he

shall be liable to indictment in the Criminal Court of Baltimore,
and upon conviction shall be fined the sum of one thousand
dollars.

Pay of Jurors.

621. Jurors in any of the courts of the City of Baltimore

shall receive one dollar and a-half per day for each and every

day they shall attend the several courts of this State in said