SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       479

(1967 Edition, being Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Anne Arundel County," subtitle "Title 5 Courts,"
subheading "Subtitle 5 Jurors," as last amended by Chapter 217
of the Acts of 1965; revising certain provisions relating to the
selection of jurors and to terms of court in the Circuit Court for
Anne Arundel County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 5-501 and 5-502 of the Anne Arundel County Code of
Public Local Laws (1967 Edition, being Article 2 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Anne Arundel County," sub-
title "Title 5 Courts," subheading "Subtitle 5 Jurors," as last
amended by Chapter 217 of the Acts of 1965; be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5-501.

It shall be the duty of the judges or a judge of the circuit court for
the county, not less than fifteen days before the commencement of
each term of the court, at which jurors are required to attend, in the
presence of such practicing members of the bar of the court as shall
think proper to attend, notice of the time and place having first been
given to the bar through the crier of the court, to proceed to select
from the list last furnished by the clerk to the county council as pro-
vided in the preceding section, and from the poll books of the sev-
eral councilmanic districts of the county, which shall have been
returned and filed, in the clerk's office of the circuit courts for the
county, after any general election that may have been held last
before such selection, a panel to consist of three hundred names of
citizens of the county, to be fairly and impartially selected, with
special reference to the intelligence, sobriety and integrity of such
persons and without the least reference to their political opinions,
which such names shall be selected as to their respective numbers
from the respective councilmanic districts of the county as follows:
From the first councilmanic district, thirty-nine; from the second
councilmanic district, forty-five; from the third councilmanic district
[fifty-four] forty-eight; from the fourth councilmanic district,
[thirty-six] forty-three; from the fifth councilmanic district, forty-
five; from the sixth councilmanic district (Annapolis City), [fifty-
one] fifty; and from the seventh councilmanic district, a total of
thirty; and of the names of persons so elected, and the respective
districts from which they have been selected a list shall be made and
a certificate appended thereto by the judge or judges, certifying that
the list of names has been selected in conformity with and according
to the spirit of this section, and the list and certificate shall be filed
with the clerk of the court and by him be preserved as other pro-
ceedings of the court are kept.

5-502.

When the list of names, selected as directed by the preceding sec-
tion is made and certified as provided in the preceding section, im-
mediately thereupon the judge or judges of the court, in the presence
of the members of the bar as provided in the preceding section, and
such other persons as may attend, of the list of three hundred names,
shall select and appoint one who shall be foreman of the grand jury,
and shall cause all the names selected and placed on the list aforesaid,