1346                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 849

drawing. In the event that a vacancy shall occur in the position
of foreman of the grand jury, either temporarily or permanently,
by death, absence, sickness or any other cause, the court shall have
power to appoint some other member of the grand jury foreman
as often as the necessity for such appointment shall occur. If for
any reason any person selected as a grand juror shall fail to
attend by reason of death, absence, sickness or any other cause, or
shall be disqualified or excused from serving, the court may fill

such vacancy from those selected as petit jurors in the order in

which their names were selected in the drawing and may thereafter

in its discretion fill the vacancy thus made in the petit jury by

drawing the necessary number of additional names in the manner
prescribed by this section and by Section 10 of this Article.

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 in-
cluded among the jurors drawn and summoned and in Washington
County the foreman 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 panel of names presently being used in said
county], and shall direct the clerk of said court to legibly write
upon ballots the names of the remaining jurors, and after carefully
folding 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, with the foreman previously appointed, shall constitute
the grand jury, and the remaining twenty-five names (or, in
Harford, Montgomery and Washington counties the remaining
number of names) shall constitute the petit jury for said term
of court; whenever a vacancy shall occur in the position of foreman
of the grand jury, either temporary or permanent, by death, absence,
sickness or any other cause the court shall have power to appoint
some other member of the grand jury foreman as often as the
necessity for such appointment shall occur. If for any reason
any person or persons drawn as grand juror or grand jurors shall
fail to attend and be present at the conclusion of the drawing or
be disqualified or excused for cause the court shall forthwith pro-
ceed to fill such vacancies from the aforesaid remaining number
of twenty-five 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 evidence thus made in the petit
jury by drawing the necessary number of additional names therefor
in manner provided by Section 10 of this article. In Charles, ST.
MARY'S County and Prince George's County COUNTIES the "pellet
system" set out in Section 10 (f) and Section 10 (g) shall be used in
the selection of grand and petit jurors. In Calvert County the system
of marbles, balls or pellets, as set out in Section 10 (a-1) shall be
used in the selection of grand juries and petit juries. This section is
modified as to Allegany County, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset and
Worcester County. This section shall not apply to Baltimore, Cecil,
Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties, as to which