J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      663

by Chapter 74 of the Acts of 1941, changing the method of dis-
tributing the jury panel among the election districts of Caroline
County. AND CHANGING THE MANNER OF SELECTING
THE JURY PANEL IN THE COUNTY.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 343 and 345 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Caroline County being Article 6 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, 1930 Edition, title "Caroline County", sub-title "Jurors",
as last amended by Chapter 74 of the Acts of 1941, be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

343.

It shall be the duty of the judges of the Circuit Court for said
county or any one of them, not less than fifteen days before the
beginning of each term of the court at which jurors are required to
attend, in the presence of such members of the bar of said court as
shall attend, notice of the time and place having been first given to
said bar through the clerk of said court, to proceed to select from
the list last furnished by the clerk of the county commissioners and
from the poll-books of the several election districts of said county
that shall have been returned and filed in the clerk's office of said
court after any general election last held, a list that shall consist of
the names of one hundred and fifty persons in said county, [divided
as near as may be between all the election districts thereof,] fairly
and impartially selected of the age aforesaid by the judges or judge,
with special reference to the intelligence, sobriety and integrity of
such persons and without the least reference to political opinion [,] .
The judges, when selecting the panel of one hundred and fifty
persons, shall distribute the names of the persons on the panel in such
a manner as to insure that a certain number of jurors will be drawn
from each election district; however, the number so distributed need
not be equal but may in the discretion of the judge be distributed in
the approximate ratio or proportion that the number of registered
voters or taxable residents in each POPULATION of the election
districts bears to the total number of registered voters or taxable
residents POPULATION of Caroline County. It is the intent and
purpose of this provision to permit the 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 election dis-
tricts. 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 representation
from all areas of Caroline County, [and o] Of the names of such
persons so selected a list shall be made and a certificate appended
thereto by said judges or judge, that the said list of names has been
duly selected in conformity with and according to the spirit of this
Act, and the said list and certificate shall be filed with the clerk of
said court and by him preserved as other proceedings of the court are
kept.