1040 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ning of the term for which they were drawn and summoned,
shall select and appoint one as foreman of the grand jury, and
shall direct the clerk of the court to withdraw from the balls
aforesaid the ball containing the number corresponding with
the number of the one so selected and appointed as foreman,
as the same appears in the list of forty-eight jurors as num-
bered upon the drawing thereof, as provided in the preceding
section, and said remaining forty-seven balls shall be placed
in said box by the judge or judges and thoroughly shaken and
well mixed, and the said judge or judges shall then cause the
clerk of said court to draw from the said box, through the
opening made by removing the sliding top thereof, as will
only conveniently admit the hand, and without in any way
looking into said box, one by one, twenty-two of said balls,
and as each of said balls is drawn from said box it shall be
handed by said clerk to the said judge or judges, who shall
announce the number thereon, together with the name on the
list of forty-eight jurors drawn and summoned and num-
bered as aforesaid, corresponding to said number. And the
said twenty-two names so announced corresponding to the
twenty-two numbers so drawn shall, with said numbers, be
duly recorded by said judge or judges or by the clerk in his
or their presence, and under his or their directions, in the
order in which they shall respectively be drawn, and said
jurors so drawn, together with the foreman selected and
appointed as aforesaid, shall constitute the grand jury for
said term of court. If for any reason any person or persons
drawn as a grand juror or as grand jurors, as aforesaid, shall
fail to attend and be present at the conclusion of the drawing
aforesaid, or be disqualified or excused for cause, the court
shall forthwith proceed to fill such vacancy or vacancies from
the remaining number of twenty-five names in the 'manner
aforesaid, of those who are present in the order in which said
vacancy or vacancies shall exist, the juror first drawn to
fill such vacancy, and who shall be present to be substituted
in the place and stead of the first vacancy on the list, and so
on until all vacancies are filled And the said judge or judges
may thereupon, in his or their discretion, fill such vacancy
or vacancies thus made in the petit jury by drawing the nec-
essary number of additional names therefor in the manner
provided in section 264B of this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts
of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and the
same are hereby repealed.