HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              1885

[7-3.

(a)  The Supreme Bench is authorized to establish the
position of Jury Commissioner and to appoint to such
position a qualified person to serve at its pleasure. The
Jury Commissioners, together with such Assistant Jury
Commissioner and clerical personnel as the Supreme Bench
shall determine to be necessary, shall function under the
general supervision of the Administrator of the Supreme
Bench and be paid such salaries as shall be included in the
annual budget of the Supreme Bench. (Any Jury Commissioner
and Assistant Jury Commissioner who, upon July 1, 1968, were
theretofore designated by the Supreme Bench as Jury

Commissioner-Bailiff and Assistant Jury

Commissioner-Bailiff, shall remain entitled to retirement
salaries as bailiffs under Section 295 of the Public Local
Laws of Baltimore City.)

(b)  It shall be the duty of the Jury Commissioner, in
accordance with the provisions of this subtitle and Rules of
the Supreme Bench, to administer the juror selection and
assignment process, including:

(1)  The procurement and examination of
prospective jurors,

(2)  The certifying of persons qualified and
available as jurors, the scheduling of drawings of petit
jurors and their assignment to appropriate panels, the
scheduling of the selection of grand jurors, and the issuing
of summonses for jury service, and

(3)  Such other duties in connection with the
procurement and assignment of jurors as the Jury Judge may
direct.]

[22-5A.

The Office of Criminal Assignment Commissioner is
created within the Administrative Office of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City.

(a)  The Supreme Bench of Baltimore City shall appoint,
as Criminal Assignment Commissioner, a qualified person who
shall serve during its pleasure. The budget for the
Criminal Assignment Commissioner and the compensation for
the Criminal Assignment Commissioner and such personnel as
may be appointed by the Supreme Bench to conduct the
activities of his office, shall be as determined from time
to time by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore pursuant
to the procedures generally followed in setting the budget
for the office of the Administrative Office of the courts
and the compensation of employees therein.

(b)  The Criminal Assignment Commissioner, in
accordance with such rules and policies as may be adopted
from time to time by the Supreme Bench, and under the