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is for any reason declared unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Act which shall
remain in force as if such Act had been passed with the uncon-
stitutional part or parts, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or such applications thereto eliminated; and the General Assembly
hereby declares that it would have passed this Act if such uncon-
stitutional part or parts, section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase had not been included herein or if such application had not
been made.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1965.
Approved May 4, 1965.
CHAPTER 871
(House Bill 1090)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 9 AND 10
(g) and 12 of Article 51 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964
Replacement Volume), title "Juries," subtitle "Qualification and
Selection of Jurors," to change the selection of the grand and petit
jury in Prince George's County by providing that there shall be
only one drawing, and relating generally to the selection of grand
and petit jurors in Prince George's County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 9 AND 10 (g) and 12 of Article 51 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Juries," subtitle
"Qualification and Selection of Jurors," be and they are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
9.
IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT
COURTS FOR EACH OF THE COUNTIES, NOT LESS THAN
FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF EACH
TERM OF THE COURT AT WHICH JURORS ARE REQUIRED
TO ATTEND, IN THE PRESENCE OF SUCH PRACTICING
MEMBERS OF THE BAR OF SAID COURT AS SHALL THINK
PROPER TO ATTEND, NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE
HAVING BEEN FIRST GIVEN TO SAID BAR THROUGH THE
CRIER OR CLERK OF SAID COURTS, TO PROCEED TO
SELECT FROM THE LISTS LAST FURNISHED BY THE
CLERKS OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROVIDED FOR
IN SECTION 6 AND FROM THE POLLBOOKS OF THE SEVERAL
ELECTION DISTRICTS OF SAID COUNTIES THAT SHALL BE
RETURNED AND FILED IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF SAID
COURTS AFTER ANY GENERAL ELECTION THAT MAY BE
LAST HELD PREVIOUSLY TO SUCH ELECTION OR FROM
SUCH OTHER LIST OF NAMES AS THE COURT MAY FIND
AVAILABLE, A PANEL TO CONSIST OF NOT LESS THAN ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY (150) NOR MORE THAN THREE
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