Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-03
lPUBLIC-No. ST.

An Act prov ing for the selection of Jurors TO
serve in the several courts In the District of Co.
lumbia.
Be II saqetsi by the SHats and H7Uss Of Representa-
tees ofIhs Unisd States of America in Congress Assem-
bed That it shsll be the duty OF the Register of
Washngi on cit and of The respective clerks of
tn Georgetown and the Levy Court of Washington
county, In the District of Columbia, within one
fore the first day OF February in each year there
after, 10 make list of such of the white male cit
gems taxpayers, residing within their respective
Jurisdictions, as they shall judse bes, qualified 10
jurors in the Courts of the saio district in
which lists may be included in the discretion of
the ocsr making the same, the names of such DUAL.
ihed persOns were on the list of the previous
year but did not serve jurors and the Its thus
made by the register and clerks aforesaid shall be
kept by them, respectively, and be deIve ed
over to their successors in office.
Sec 2 And BE- 1t further enacted. That the Off eTs
aforesaid shall select frc m the list the regi.ter of
Washington city the names of tour hundred per-
sons, from that the clerk of GEORGETOWN eighty
per-0ps, and from that of the clerk of the levy
court forty persons which proportion, sitter the
year eighteen hundred and sixty.three, may be va
ried from year to to ear according 10 the increase
decrease OF population ia the respective juris ic
tons by order of the judges of the circuit court of
Washington county.
of the cries OF Washington aud Georgetown, all
juo ical off salaried officers OF the Government
connected with the police or fire department,
councillors and a torneys at law ministers of the
Cos e and priests OF every denomination, practs-
ing ply clans and surgeons. keepers ( hospitals,
ssylums, almshouse' or other charitab- instta-
tons created by under the laws relating the
District OF Columbia captains and masters and
other persons empl yed on vessels navigating the
waters OF said district and Keepers of public ferries
shall be exempt from jpry duty, and their names
shall not be placed in he lists sfo esaid
Sec. 4. And Be IL further enacted hat the names
selected fr said lists 81 all tie written paratr
md sjmilar pieces of pat err which shall be folded
or rolled up that the names cannot be seeh, and
places in box TO be provided by the register aud
clerks aforesa i'd, VIII oh box shall be sealed, and
after being thoroug hy 81 sken shall be delivered to
the clerk Of the Circuit court of Washington county
for safe keeping.
See. 8. Add e It fKrths, enacted That the said
gIer and clerks, and the Jerk oftbe ci cult court
'han at least ten DAYS before the commencement Of
each term of the circuit or of the criminal court,
meet at the ity Hall in Washington city, AID then
aud there the clerk of the circuit court shall pub
cly break the seal OF said box and proceed to draw
therefrom the names OF so many persons as are
CURED and If the jury about to be drawn IL int nd
ed for service In the Grimm al court the TWEEN ythree
persons whose names shall be first drawn shall con-
stitute the grand jury. and The twenty-sx persons
whose names shall next be drawn shall constitute
the petit ur for that term but in CAP ital case
where the said panel shall have been exhausted by
of challenge or otherwise, the court before
whom such cap tai ease is pending may in its dis
erection, order additional names to be drawn and
If all ofth- Ia the bsx shall have been drawn
out and jury found, the court may order the
shal to summon talesmen until jury shall be
found And It a jury bs required Tor the cult
court, the twentyix persons whose names sbal fret
be- draw" shall constitute the u for that teI and
TIE nsm of IL persons drawn as Aforesaid shall
not be AZ ain placed in such box tr he period of
two years. II any person whose name lie 80 drawn
shall have died removed from the di. tric has
become other wise disabled from serving as q juror,
tbs said register and CLERKS shalt draw from the box
another name, who shall serve instead and a ter
drawn, the said box shall b. again aled and delis-
cred to the clerk OF the Circuit court sfo esaid