SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor 319
County (1961 Edition, being Article 8 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Cecil County," subtitle "Jurors," as last
amended by Chapter 575 of the Acts of 1963; permitting the draw-
ing of 73 persons instead of 48 to serve on the jury at each term in
Cecil County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 230C, 230D, 230E and 230G of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Cecil County (1961 Edition, being Article 8 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Cecil County," sub-
title "Jurors," as last amended by Chapter 575 of the Acts of 1963;
be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments to
read as follows:
230C.
When said list of names, selected as directed by the preceding
section of this subtitle is made and certified as hereinbefore pro-
vided, immediately thereupon the judge or judges of said court, in
the presence of the members of the Bar as aforesaid, and such other
persons as may attend, shall cause all the names selected and placed
on the list as aforesaid, to be legibly written on ballots of the same
size, and the same color and appearance, which shall be closely folded
and placed by said judge or judges with their own hands into a box,
to be procured for the purpose by the clerk of said court, under the
direction of the judge or judges of said court, which box shall have a
length of not exceeding thirty-six inches, width not exceeding eight
inches and depth not exceeding five inches, and its length shall be
divided into nine equal compartments fitted with drawers, which
shall be numbered to correspond with the number of the election dis-
trict in said county and the names of the persons selected as afore-
said shall be placed in said drawers as follows: The fourteen (14)
names selected from the First District, in number one; the fifteen
(15) names from the Second District in number two; the fifty (50)
names from the Third District in number three; the thirteen (13)
names from the Fourth District in number four; the thirty-one (31)
names from the Fifth District in number five; the nineteen (19)
names from the Sixth District in number six; the forty-five (45)
names from the Seventh District in number seven; the six (6) names
from the Eighth District in number eight, and seven (7) names
from the Ninth District in number nine; and after so depositing said
ballots the said box shall be closed, and the judge or judges shall
cause the clerk of said court, or one of his deputies, whom the judge
or judges shall designate, and who shall not have been present at the
writing, folding and depositing of said ballots into the box, as herein
directed, to appear for him or them, and then and there, in the
presence of said judge or judges and such other persons as may
choose to be [presented] present, to draw, without looking into the
same, from said box [forty-eight (48)] seventy-three (73) names,
as follows: [four (4)] six (6) from drawer number one, [four
(4)] six (6) from drawer number two, [twelve (12)] eighteen
(18) from drawer number three; [three (3)] four (4) from drawer
number four, [five (5)] eight (8) from drawer number five, [five
(5)] seven (7) from drawer number six, [nine (9)] fourteen (14)
from drawer number seven, [three (3)] five (5) from drawer num-
ber eight and [three (3)] five (5) from drawer number nine, and
the names appearing on the ballots so drawn shall be recorded by
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