1860.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 308.

recovered before any justice of the peace of this State
by a suit in the name of the State, the one-half of
the said penalty, when recovered, to be paid to the
informer or prosecutor, and the other half thereof
to be paid to the said county for the use of the pub-
lic schools in the said county, and in case the per-
son or persons thus forfeiting the said penalty shall
not immediately pay the same, then the justice of
the peace who may have imposed the said fine or
penalty shall commit such person or persons to jail
until the same be paid, or until the expiration of
thirty days.

In force.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from its passage.

CHAPTER 308.

Passed March
9, 1860.

AN ACT to amend the code of this State, by pro-
viding otherwise than as therein enacted for the
selection of grand and petit jurors for Baltimore
city.

Repealed.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following sections shall constitute
and become part of the code of this State in lieu and
place of sections one hundred and seventy-five, five
hundred and eighty-six and five hundred and eighty-
nine of the public local laws of this State, relating
to jurors in the city of Baltimore, which said sec-
tions as set forth in the said code, are declared to be
hereby repealed.

Duty of the
judges to
make out
jury-lists.

SECTION 1. The judge of the Superior court Bal-
timore city, the judge of the court of Common
Pleas, the judges of the Circuit court for Baltimore
city, and the judge of the Criminal court of Balti-
more shall meet at such place in the city of Balti-
more, as the said judges shall appoint, on such day
in the month of March in each and every year, as
the said judges shall agree upon; and it shall be the
duty of the said judges, meeting as aforesaid, at
such meeting, or at such adjourned meeting as they
shall hold for the purposes hereinafter mentioned,