260                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 240

name of the foreman, to be placed by said Judge, or either of them, in
said compartments of said box, respectively, which bear the numbers
of the districts where the persons so selected respectively reside, [and
it shall be the duty of said Judges, or either of them, when selecting
the panel of one hundred and fifty persons, as provided for in Section
seven of Article 51 of the Code of Public General Laws, to distribute
the names of the persons on said panel as nearly equal as may be
possible among said compartments, and] The said Judges, or either
of them, when selecting the panel of one hundred and fifty persons as
provided for in Section nine of Article 51 of the 1957 Code of Public
General Laws, shall not be required to distribute the names of the
persons on said panel as nearly equal as may be possible among said
compartments, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, but said
Judges may, or either of them, when selecting said panel, distribute
the names of the persons on said panel among said compartments in
such a way as to ensure, insofar as it may be practical to do so, that
a certain number of jurors will be drawn from each of said election
districts, but the number of names so distributed among said compart-
ments, instead of being equal, may be, insofar as it may be practical
to do so, distributed in the approximate ratio or proportion that the
number of registered voters, or the number of taxable residents in
each of said election districts bears to the total number of registered
voters or taxable residents in Howard County; it being the intent and
purpose of the aforegoing provisions to permit said Judge or Judges
to apportion the names of persons selected for jury service among
the election districts of said County in accordance with the number
of persons eligible for jury service in each of said election districts
as the same may be determined, from time to time, by reference to
the lists of registered voters or lists of taxable residents in said elec-
tion districts. Nothing herein shall be construed to invalidate, nor
shall invalidate the selection and drawing of said jury on the ground
that said Judge or Judges failed to apportion, as aforesaid, said
names with mathematical precision; it being the intent hereof to
allow said Judge or Judges all reasonable latitude and discretion in
selecting qualified persons for jury service with due regard to repre-
sentation from all areas of said Howard County, [the] The said Judge
or Judges, in addition to the foreman so selected, shall draw in all
forty-seven names, [and from all the said compartments an equal
number of names;] said names to be drawn from said compartments
in the approximate ratio or proportion that the names of the persons
on the panel have been distributed among said compartments as here-
inbefore provided, and provided, that after the foreman has been
selected the district of his residence shall be carefully noted, and at
said drawing one less name shall be drawn from the compartment
representing the district in which he resides; and if the foreman so
selected should die, or for any other cause be excused by the Court,
the Judge or Judges, after drawing another name from the compart-
ment representing the district in which the foreman originally
selected and so dead or excused resided, may select and appoint any
one of the jurors drawn as foreman in place of the foreman so dead
or excused.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.