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next meeting of said juries falls in immediate session, that
the presence and attendance of the said grand or petit
jurors, or both, will not be required upon said meeting day.
Provided, however, that the court shall have power and
authority at any time between said dates fixed for said
intermediate sessions to recall the grand and/or petit
jurors in special session at any time in his discretion
within said jury term for indictments or trials, or both, as
the case may be. In Counties where the Circuit Court
holds non-jury terms, the power of the Court to require the
return of jurors aforesaid and to hold intermediate ses-
sions or adjourned sessions of the grand and petit juries,
and either of them during said jury term shall exist as
though there was no such non-jury terms of said court, and
the same had not intervened. Provided the provisions of
this Act shall not apply to St. Mary's, Charles and Calvert
Counties.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed upon by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of
the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved December 15, 1933.

CHAPTER 98.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 5 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Appeals and
Errors, " sub-title "Appeals in Criminal Cases, " said new
section to be known as Section 87A, and to follow im-
mediately after Section 87 of said Article, providing that
in criminal appeals the Court of Appeals shall give judg-
ment without regard to technical errors, defects or ex-
ceptions not affecting the substantial rights of the
parties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 5 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edi-
tion), title "Appeals and Errors, " sub-title "Appeals in