Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                    1405

designated in the venire facias as the second week's jury and shall not
be required to attend until the second week. The third group so drawn
and summoned in accordance with the preceding section, after those
designated as the second week's jury, consisting of not less than
thirty-five, nor more than forty-five, shall be designated in the venire
facias as the third week's jury and shall not be required to attend
until the third week. [, the remaining jurors to be designated in the
venire facias as the second week's jury shall not be required to attend
until the the second week.] Of the not less than fifty-seven nor more
than sixty-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 fold-
ing 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 there-
from, 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 per-
sons 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 ex-
cused for cause the Court shall forthwith proceed to fill such vacancy
or vacancies 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 drawing from the [compartment or com-
partments of the] jury box [representing the district or districts
from which the juror or jurors disqualified or excused were prev-
iously 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 acute 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 three fifths of all the members

elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same

shall take effect from the date of its passage. SHALL TAKE EFFECT
JUNE 1, 1957.

Approved April 15, 1957.

CHAPTER 772
(House Bill 399)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 149 to 156, inclusive, of Article 48 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Inspections",
sub-title "Seed", and to enact in lieu thereof, Sections 149 to 156,
inclusive, of said Article, and to follow immediately after Section
148, relating to the labeling, selling, offering, or exposing for sale
of agricultural and vegetable seeds.

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.