The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-04-17

them to be placed7fuossSelury boz AID fhal then
lay The whole of longs before & town for
revision. who , confirm the fs,f or make
such alterations IL siu az they may ssem proper
and the said boz lhal be held AMI kspt By he
! Town Clerk and The persons who names ihalI
be continued in sAid DO - fhs be liable TO be
drawn, aud serve on any Jury, At any C>art for
which they may be, 5rawn, once il eve-1 three
years, ard no. oftener.
SECT. 2. Be IL fs,fbe' enHefe5, Iha' It ihaii be
the duty of the several towns, TO provide and have
conbanty kept in said box, ready 10 be drawn
when required, number Of Jurors, not Iess than
cne, and nor more thau two, for every Lundred
persons which said TOW o may contain, computing
by he ilft censu, which cay have been taken,
EeXt before the preparing tie box
SECT. 8. Be fzytksS eaae7sd That If auy per-
fon whole name ihal be IN the box aforesaid,
iEail be convicted If any SC ndalous crime, or be
guilty OF any g'Oss immorsity, his name ihali be
withdraw from he box y he selec'nen.
frcT} 4. Be If futile, eaa7ed, 1ha' the Courts
OF &C sons N the eeverz counties in this Stale
vilhIo ore year mex after every new census, and
as much oftener as ary comfortable change IN the
ftaie of poPula ion fha render useful and neces
say, divide their respective counties into at eait
four july dis ricts ADD If fhail be found ia
practice convenient Lot exceeding twelve, each
| make he numter Of inhabtsnrs in each division as
nearly equal, according to he Iaa censu' for the
| time being, a. may be, without dividing town;
| and ia II jury diArcts fb4'I be rumble ed aud ii,
| tirgu fhed numerically; and the fsid Courts of
| Sessions fhall caute copies of such divisions 70 be
de i've ed the Clerk of the respective COurs at
which the course Of trials 10 or may be By ures,
who fhall issue their Ussire f1aa5, due form di
| rected 20 he respective Con0sbles of as many
towns in onc such jury diarc;, and for as many u
rors q, that be a. near 40 may in proportion to
TIE lumber OF Jurors seui for in The other dtricts
10 fe've at the same Court, always collecting the
grand and traverse Jurors far fh al be practi-
ca ADD conveuIeEt uniformly from all parts Of
The county, as The situation Of towns the number
OF their inhabitants and a practical rotation and
equa'zltion of the service of u -ors will permit ;
never iakIng mere than gra and ard two traverse
Jurors from the same town, 10 serve a. the same
court, unle. from necessity come extraordinary oc-
cason to eQuslizs their elvices on the princi
pies Aforesaid.
SECT. 5. BE al further enacted, That the grand
jurors who shall DO returned to serve at the cir
cult court of common pleas, shall serve at every
term of said Court, which shall be held through
out the year. And venires for such jury. shall
be issued forty DAYS al least, before the second
Monday OF September annually. And the oher-
I'll OF each county, soon he shall receive the
venres for Jurors, from the Clark Of either Court,
shall without any delay, forward the same TO the
oonstables Of the towns to whom they shall be
directed and the constables of their respective
towns, on the reception thereof shall in the usual
form, notify the freehoders and other inhabitants,
in their towns, qualified to vote ia the election OF
Representatives., and particularly the selectmen
and town clerk, to assemble and be present al
the drafts and selection Of the Jurors called for
which meeting shall be held at least, six days
and not more than twenty days, before the slt
ting Of the court to which the rsuire shall be re-
turnable.
SECT. 6. Be al further enacted That when any
town shall be duly assembled, in pursuance of a
venre facias, for the purpose aforesaid, the town
clerk, or in his absence one of the selectmen
shall carry into the meeting the box containing
the names Of those persons who have been select
ed to serve as jurymen, at the court from which
the venire issued which box shall be unlocked
in the meeting, and the tickets mixed by the ma
jor part of the selectmen, who are to be present
and one of the seleCtmen shall draw out az many
tickets there shall be jurors required by venire
The persons whose names shall be thus drawn
shall be returned to serve as jurors, unless from
sickness, absence beyond sea, without the linn
its, or IN different parts Of the State, they shall
be considered by the town as unable TO attend the
Court for which they had been drafted or had
served on jury within three years from that day
In either Of these cases, 0r in case of Coroner
being drawn at a time when the duties OF sher
If shall be devoved on him by reason OF a Vacan
cy IN that Office, the persons names being return
ed into the box, others shall be drawn in theiI
stead but any person being thus excused, or whC
shall be returned and shall not appear at Court
or appearing, shall be there excused, shall not b,
considered as serving, Or be excused on anothe
draft, should il happen within the term OF three
years, the minute on his ticket Notwithstanding
SECT. Z. BE ii further enacted, That the Sc
lectmen who shall draw from the box the tickle
Of any person to serve juror, and who shall
not be excused by the town, for either Of Tho
causes aforesaid shall endorse thereon the date
of the draft and then return the came into the
box and It shall be the duty Of the constable K
notify the persons thus designated to serve as Ju
rors. four days at least, before the sitting OF the
Court, on which they are to attend, either by
reading TO them the venire, with the minutes o
their having been drafted as aforesaid, thereon
or by leaving at their usual abode, a written no
, LITIGATION Of their having been 30 drawn, and al
so Of the time and place of the sitting of the Court
and when they are TO attend. And he shall make
a seasonable return Of the venre to the Court e
which it is returnable, with his doings thereon
And whenever there shall be a renewal, or al
exchange of any of the tickets 10 the box, 70
others, Of the same persons, the selectmen shall
| transfer from the back Of the old tickets TO the
new ones, the minutes Of such drafts as had beer
made within the three preceding years.
SECT. g. BE al further enacted, That when b.
a deficiency Of cit er Of the grand, Or travers'
Jurors Of any Court it cannot conveniently pro
coed in its business, it may cause wrlts of venir
fscias for the drawing and returning so many ju
rors as shall be deemed necessary, to be forth
with issued, and directed to the constables II suc
towns in the county a the Court, under the ex