88 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 79

sible. Provided, that if the foreman so selected should
die or for any cause should be disqualified or be excused
by the Court, the said judge or judges, after drawing
another name from the compartment representing the district
in which the foreman originally selected, and so dead, dis-
qualified or excused, resided, may select and appoint any one
of the jurors drawn as foreman in place of the foreman so
dead, disqualified or excused. The names so drawn shall be
duly recorded by the said judge or judges or by the clerk in
his or their presence and under his or their direction, in the
order in which they shall be drawn. Thereupon forthwith
the said judge or judges shall order a venire facias directed
to the sheriff of the county, commanding him to summon as
jurors to attend at the next ensuing term of said Court the
several persons whose names may be drawn as aforesaid; and
if any such persons whose names are so drawn and are em-
braced in said venire facias shall be dead, sick or otherwise
unable to attend, or shall be absent and therefore not to be
found, it shall be the duty of the sheriff forthwith to return
the fact of such death, disability or absence to the Court; and
the said judge or judges shall thereupon cause to be drawn
from said compartments of said box in the manner hereinbe-
fore directed, namely, from the compartment or compartments
representing the district, or districts from which said juror
or jurors, being dead, under disability or absent, was origin-
ally drawn, other names in the place and stead of the original
persons who may be dead, under disability or absent; and
shall cause the name or names of such persons so as last
aforesaid drawn to be inserted in the venire facias to be sub-
mitted as aforesaid. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to
summon the persons named in the venire facias and to make
return thereof to said Court at the opening of its' session.

825. Of the jurors so drawn in accordance with the pre-
ceding section and summoned not less than forty-eight nor
more than fifty-eight including the Foreman of the Jury
previously selected, to be designated in the venire facias as
the first week's jury shall be required to attend the opening
session of the Court, from which is to be selected the Grand
Jury and the first week's Petit Jury, the remaining jurors to
be designated in the venire facias as the second week's jury
shall not be required to attend until the second week. Of the
not less than forty-seven nor more than fifty-seven jurors (the
Foreman of the Grand Jury having been previously selected)
drawn and summoned to attend at the opening session, the
said Court at said session, shall direct the clerk to legibly
write upon ballots the names of said jurors and after
carefully folding said ballots separately to place them in