532 LAWS OP MARYLAND [CH. 215
upon the judge or judges of said court, in the presence of
the members of the Bar as aforesaid, and such other per-
sons as may attend, shall cause all the names selected and
placed on the list as aforesaid, to be legibly written on
ballots of the same size, and the same color and appear-
ance, which shall be closely folded and placed by said
judge or judges with their own hands into a box, to be
procured for the purpose by the clerk of said court, under
the direction of the judge or judges of said court, which
box shall have a length of not exceeding thirty-six inches,
width not exceeding eight inches and depth not exceeding
five inches, and its length shall be divided into nine equal
compartments fitted with drawers, which shall be num-
bered to correspond with the number of the election dis-
trict in said county and the names of the persons selected
as aforesaid shall be placed in said drawers as follows:
The [twenty-five] fourteen (14) names selected from the
First District, in number one; the [twenty-five] fifteen
(15) names from the Second District in number two; the
[thirty] fifty (50) names from the Third District in num-
ber three; the [twenty-two] thirteen (13) names from
the Fourth District in number four; the [twenty-five]
thirty-one (31) names from the Fifth District in number
five; the [twenty-two] nineteen (19) names from the
Sixth District in number six; the [thirty] forty-five (45)
names from the Seventh District in number seven; the
[ten] six (6) names from the Eighth District in number
eight, and the [eleven] seven (7) names from the Ninth
District in number nine; and after so depositing said bal-
lots the said box shall be closed, and the judge or judges
shall cause the clerk of said court, or one of his deputies,
whom the judge or judges shall designate, and who shall
not have been present at the writing, folding and deposit-
ing of said ballots into the box, as herein directed, to ap-
pear for him or them, and then and there, in the presence
of said judge or judges and such other persons as may
choose to be present, to draw, without looking into the
same, from said box forty-eight (48) names, as follows:
[six] three (3) FOUR (4) from drawer number one, [six]
four (4) from drawer number two, [seven] twelve (12)
from drawer number three; [five] three (3) from drawer
number four, [six] five (5) from drawer number five, five
(5) from drawer number six, [seven] nine (9) from
drawer number seven, [three] two (2) THREE (3) from
drawer number eight and [three] two (2) THREE (3)
from drawer number nine, and the names appearing on the
ballots so drawn shall be recorded by the clerk of the said
court in the presence of the judge or judges, in the order
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