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tion of Jurors", and to add a new section to Article 1 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Allegany County", sub-title "Jurors", said new section
to be known as Section 321A and to follow immediately after
Section 321 thereof, relating to juries in Allegany County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 10 of Article 51 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Juries", sub-title "Quali-
fication and Selection of Jurors", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, and that a new section be
and it is hereby added to Article 1 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Allegany County",
sub-title "Jurors", said new section to be known as Section
321A, to follow immediately after Section 321 thereof, and all
to read as follows:

10. Of the forty-eight jurors drawn and summoned, the court
at the beginning 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 said court to legibly write
upon ballots the names of the remaining forty-seven jurors,
and after carefully folding said ballots separately to place
them in 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, with the foreman previ-
ously appointed, shall constitute the grand jury, and the re-
maining twenty-five names shall constitute the petit jury for
for said term of court; whenever a vacancy shall occur in the
position of foreman of the grand jury, either temporary or
permanent, by death, absence, sickness or any other cause, the
court shall have power to appoint some other member of the
grand jury foreman as often as the necessity for such appoint-
ment shall occur. 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 vacancies from the aforesaid remaining number of twenty-
five names of those who are present in the order in which the
names were drawn from the box and may thereupon in its dis-
cretion fill such vacancy or vacancies thus made in the petit
jury by drawing the necessary number of additional names
therefor in manner provided by Section 8 of this Article. This
section is modified as to Allegany County, Prince George's
County and Talbot County. This section shall not apply to
Baltimore County, as to which special provision is made by
the local law therefor.
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