SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1343

CHAPTER 670
(House Bill 387)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 7-70 through 7-78, inclusive, of the Balti-
more County Code, 1958 and 1965 Supplement, (being Article 3 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Baltimore
County," subtitle "Title 7. Courts, Fines, Forfeitures and Impris-
onment," subheading "Article IV. Juries," and to enact new Sec-
tion 7-70 through 7-78, inclusive, in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place of the sections so repealed, to establish a jury commission in
Baltimore County, to provide for the manner of selection and draw-
ing of grand and petit juries in the county, to change the number
of jurors serving on panels, and to authorize the judges of the
Circuit Court to designate a jury judge and an assistant foreman
for the grand jury and relating to the selection of jurors in
Baltimore County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 7-70 through 7-78, inclusive, (being Article 3 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Baltimore County,"
subtitle "Title 7. Courts, Fines, Forfeitures and Imprisonment,"
subheading "Article IV. Juries," be and they are hereby repealed,
and to enact new Sections 7-70 through 7-78, inclusive, in lieu there-
of, to stand in the place of the sections so repealed, to read as follows:

7-70.

The board of supervisors of elections of the county are hereby
authorized and directed to make the list of voters for all precincts
of Baltimore County available for inspection by the jury judge or
jury commissioner to the end that lists of persons appearing thereon
may be made for use in the selection of jurors.

7-71.

The judges of the circuit court for Baltimore County shall desig-
nate or appoint one of the members of such court as jury judge and
shall appoint some person to be jury commissioner with such assist-
ant or assistants as may be necessary.

7-72.

From time to time, whenever he shall deem it necessary, the jury
judge or the jury commissioner or his assistant shall have the power
to send written questionnaires, either by mail or by personal service
through the office of the sheriff of the county, to such number of
persons whose names shall appear upon the list of persons taken from
the poll books as is deemed necessary, for the purpose of ascertaining
the age, place of residence, citizenship, occupation or employment,
condition of health, ability to read and write the English language,
whether ever convicted of a crime, prior jury service if any, at what
term of court he would prefer to serve, and other pertinent facts with
power to require written answers to such questionnaires within such
reasonable time as may be directed. Such person may be summoned
to appear before the jury judge or the jury commissioner for per-
sonal interview for the purpose of determining his fitness and avail-
ability for jury service. Any person who shall wilfully fail to answer