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a box with a sliding top, and said clerk shall draw said
ballots therefrom one at a time without looking into said box
and the first twenty-two names drawn therefrom, with the
Foreman previously appointed, shall constitute the Grand
Jury and the remaining names shall constitute the Petit
Jury for the first week of said term. If for any reason
any person or persons drawn as a Grand Juror or Grand
Jurors shall fail to attend and be present at the conclusion
of the drawing or be disqualified or excused for cause the
Court shall forthwith proceed to fill such vacancy or va-
cancies from the aforesaid remaining names of those who
are present in the order in which the names were drawn
from the box and may thereupon in its discretion fill such
vacancy or vacancies thus made in the Petit Jury by draw-
ing from the compartment or compartments of the jury
box, representing the district or districts from which the
juror or jurors disqualified or excused were previously drawn,
other names in the place and stead of those originally drawn
and who may be disqualified, excused or absent.

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

Approved March 8, 1949.

CHAPTER 80
(Senate Bill 4)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
8E, 8H(2) and 8H(13) of Article 78A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Public Works, "
sub-title "Department of Public Improvements", and to add
a new section to said Article, said new section to be known
as Section 8HA and to follow immediately after Section
8H of said Article, relating to the appointment of a Deputy
Chief Engineer or Executive Secretary, the preservation of
certain drawings, plats, specifications and records, the ob-
ligations of architects and engineers in connection with
public improvements, and establishing a Board of Archi-
tectural Review.