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for not more than two years, or both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the court."

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved February 27, 1961.

CHAPTER 41

(Senate Bill 90)

AN ACT to add a new Section 10(a-l) to Article 51 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1960 Supplement), title
"Juries", sub-title "Qualification and Selection of Jurors"; and to
repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12 of said Article
and sub-title (1960 Supplement), making general provision for the
use of a system of marbles, balls or pellets in the selection of juries
in Calvert County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 10(a-l) be and it is hereby added to Article 51 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1960 Supple-
ment), title "Juries", sub-title "Qualification and Selection of Jurors";
and that Section 12 of said Article and sub-title (1960 Supplement)
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

10.

(a-1) Calvert County. In Calvert County, when the list of names
is selected as provided in Section 9, the clerk of the court shall assign
a number to each name on the list, beginning with the number "1"
and continuing consecutively upward as high as necessary. He shall
also procure a box of suitable size, and marbles, balls or pellets of
uniform size, color, shape and weight. The marbles, balls or pellets
shall each be marked plainly with a number, corresponding respec-
tively to the numbers on the list of names. The clerk shall place the
marbles, balls or pellets into the box, shake and mix them thoroughly,
and then make the drawing as provided in sub-section (a). It is the
intent of this sub-section only to substitute in Calvert County the use
of numbered marbles, balls or pellets for the ballots specified in sub-
section (a), with the other procedures for selecting juries to be
adopted as near as may be to the use of the marbles, balls or pellets.

12.

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 (except that
in Montgomery County the foreman shall be selected from the original
panel of five hundred names, with his name being included among
the jurors drawn and summoned and in Washington County the fore-
man shall be selected from the list of names presently being used as
a panel in said county, as provided in Section 9 of this article, and
in Charles County the foreman shall be selected from its original