414                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 199

CHAPTER 199
(House Bill 143)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 25 (a)
and 25 (h) of Article 51 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964
Replacement Volume and 1965 Supplement), title "Juries," subtitle
"Qualification and Selection of Jurors," to increase the per diem
remuneration of a juror who serves in Charles County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 25 (a) and 25 (h) of Article 51 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1965 Supplement), title
"Juries," subtitle "Qualification and Selection of Jurors," be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

25.

(a) Jurors in Washington County shall receive eight dollars per
day and a reasonable amount, in the discretion of the County Com-
missioners for each mile over five miles in going to and returning
from court; in Queen Anne's and Caroline counties, seven dollars
and fifty cents per day; in Anne Arundel, Kent, Montgomery and
Somerset counties, and in Baltimore City, ten dollars per day, and
no extra allowance shall be given either for mileage or overtime in
Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Somerset counties and in Baltimore
City; in Carroll County, eight dollars per day; in Prince George's
[County] and Charles Counties, jurors shall receive per diem com-
pensation, not less than five ($5.00) dollars nor more than ten
($10.00) dollars, in such amounts as shall be set, from time to time,
by the judges of the Circuit Court for said county and in all other
counties, except Allegany, Baltimore, Calvert, Frederick, Garrett,
Harford, Howard, [Charles,] St. Mary's and Wicomico counties,
five dollars per day for each and every day they shall attend the
several courts of this State as jurors and fifteen cents for each mile
over five miles for going to and returning from the court, once in each
term, to be paid by the counties, respectively, in which courts are
held. In Baltimore County, jurors shall receive per diem compensa-
tion in such amount as shall be set, from time to time, by the judges
of the Circuit Court of Baltimore County. Jurors in Frederick
County shall receive at least eight dollars per day for each and every
day they shall attend the Circuit Court of Frederick County as jurors
and a reasonable amount in the discretion of the County Commis-
sioners, for each mile going to and returning from the court.

(h) In Calvert [,] and Garrett [, and Charles] counties, jurors
shall receive eight dollars per day for each and every day they shall
attend a court of this State as jurors and shall receive no extra al-
lowances for either mileage or overtime except in Garrett County,
where jurors shall receive fifteen cents for each mile over five miles
for going to and returning from the court, once in each term.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 14, 1966.