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(b)  Absent, disqualified or excused person.

If for any reason a person drawn as a grand juror is not present
at the time he or she is drawn, or shall be then and there disqualified
or excused for cause, the court may direct the clerk of court to pass
over the name of the person so drawn and to forthwith draw another
person from the same district from which the absent, disqualified
or excused person was drawn.

(c)  Vacancy in petit jury panel.

The court, in its discretion, may fill vacancies in the petit jury,
either by drawing a substitute juror in the manner prescribed by
Sub-section (f) of Section 250, or by directing the sheriff to summon
a talesman.

254. Application of General Laws.

The presiding judge, or one of the other judges, shall have power
to compel the attendance of jurors, and to proceed in all other mat-
ters, not provided for by local law, as the general law may provide
with respect to jurors and juries.

255. Overtime pay for jurors.

Whenever any petit juror, or talesman, shall be required to attend
or sit in the trial of a case, or be otherwise detained, after the hour
of 6:00 o'clock P. M., on any day in the discharge of his duty as a
juror, the court may, in its discretion, direct the clerk of court to
certify an additional day of attendance for each juror so detained
after the hour specified.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved April 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 640
(House Bill 637)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 111 of
Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title
"Testamentary Law", sub-title "Debts", raising the amount an
Executor or Administrator may recover for funeral expenses of
the testate or intestate from a tort feasor from $500 to $1,000.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 111 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Debts", be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.