J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1345

the total issuable Certificates of Indebtedness authorized herein shall
be reduced by the amount specified herein for said abandoned funds.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be prospec-
tive in operation and shall only apply to the rate of interest of
certificates of indebtedness to be issued on or after the effective date
of this Act, and shall in no way affect the rate of interest of certificates
of indebtedness issued prior to the effective date hereof.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 849
(House Bill 571)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 10 (f)
and 12 of Article 51 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition), title "Juries," subtitle "Qualification and Selection of
Jurors," to change the selection of the grand and petit jury in
Charles County AND ST. MARY'S COUNTIES by providing that
there shall be only one drawing, and relating generally to the selec-
tion of grand and petit jurors in Charles County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 10 (f) and 12 of Article 51 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Juries," subtitle "Qualification and
Selection of Jurors," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

10.

(f) When said list of names is selected as directed in Section
9, the procedure in Charles County AND ST. MARY'S COUN-
TIES shall be as follows: The clerk of the court shall assign
a number to each name on the list ranging from one to three
hundred (but not less than one hundred and fifty). Said clerk
shall procure a box of suitable size with pellets of uniform
size, color, shape and weight. Each pellet shall contain a num-
ber thereon corresponding to the numbers on the list above re-
ferred to. The clerk shall shake the box and the drawing shall
take place in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a)
[.] , except that the numbers drawn shall be 47. The first 22
pellets so drawn shall determine the selection of the grand jury
except for the foreman, and the remaining 25 pellets shall determine
the selection of the petit jury, both for the term of event for
which the drawing was made. The foreman of the grand jury shall
be selected by the court from the panel of names used for such