Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-07-11
OFFICIAL.
LAWS or THE uNITEn sTATEs.
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idsseI at The Second Session Of The TAirfy-SeDsat
Congress.

serve in the several courts in the District of
Columbia.
Be ii enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtpes Of the United States Of dmericd in Con
gress assembled That it shall he the duty of the
Register Of Washington city, anu of the respec
: tive clerks of the city of Georgetown and the
Levy Count Of Washington county, in the Dis
irict Of Columbia, within one month after the
passnge Of this act, and on OF before the first
day Of February in each year thereafter, to
make lls of such Of tho white male citizens,
lax-pnyerP, residing within their respee tive
Jurisdictions, ms they shall judge best qualified
to serve rs jurors in the courts of the said Dis
trict, in which lists may be included, In the dis.
cretion of the officer making the same, the
names Of such qualified persons rs were on the
l,st of the previous year but did not serve us
Jurors, and the lists thus made by the register
aud clerks aforesaid shall he kept by them, re.
speetively, and be delivered over to their suc-
cessors in office.
Sec. 2. lind be ID further enacted, That the
officers aforesaid shall select from the list Of the
register of Washington city the names of four
hundred persons, from that of the clerk of
Georgetown eighty persons, and from that of the
clerk of the levy court forty persons which
proportion, after the year eighteen hundred and
sixty-three, may be varied from year to year
according to the increase or decrease Of pnpula-
tion in the respective Jurisdictions, by order of
the judges of the circuit court of Washington
county.
Sec g. And De il fnTther enacted, That the May
ors of the cities of Washington and Georgetown,
all Judicial officers, saaried officers of the Gov.
ernment Of the United States, commissioners OF
police, and those connected with the police or
fire department, counsellors and attorneys at
law, ministers of the gospel and priests of every
denomination, practising physicians and sur
geOns, keepers OF hospitals, asylums, almshOuses,
or other charitable institutions created by or
under the laws relating to the District of Column
bia, captains and masters and other persons
employed on vessels navigating the waters OF
said District, and keepers Of public ferries
shall be exempt from jury duty, and their
names shall not bc placed in the lists aforesaid.
Sec. A.. And be Il further enacted, That the
names selected from said lists shall be written
ON seperate and similar pieces of paper, which
shall be 80 folded or rolled up that the names
cannot be seen, and placed in a box, to be pro
vided by the register and clerks aforesaid, which
box shall be sealed, and after being thoroughly
shaken, shall be delivered to the clerk Of the
circuit court of Washington county for safe
keeping.
Sec. 8. Aad be it Jurfder enacted, That the
said register and clerks, and the clerk of the
circuit court, shall al least ten days before the
commencement of each term of the circuit or of
the criminal court, meet at the City Hall in
Washington city, and then and there the clerk
of the circuit court shall publicly break the seal
OF said hox and proceed 10 draw therefr0m the
names of 50 many persons as are required and
! If the jury about to be drawn is intended for
service in the criminal court, the twenty-ihree
persons whose names shall be first drawn shall
constitute the grand jury, and the twenty-six
persons whose names shall next be drawn shall
constitute the petit jury for that term but in IL
capital case where the said panel shall have
been exhausted by reason Of challenge or other
wise, the court before whom such capital case
ID pending may, in its discretion order I'D di-
tiOnal names to be drawn and if all Of the
names in the box shall have been drawn out
and no jury found, the court may order the
marshal to summon talesmen until jury shall
be found, Aud if jury be required for the
circuit court, the twenty six persons whose
names shall first be drawn shall constitute the
jury for that term, and the names of the persons
drawn as aforesaid shall not be again placed in
ench box for the period of two years. If any
person whose name is so drawn shall have died
or removed from the District, or has become
otherwise disabled from serving as n Juror, the
said register aud clerks shall draw from the box
another name, who shall serve instead and
after the requisite number Of jurors shall have
been so drawn, the said box shall be again sealed
aud delivered to the clerk Of the circuit court
as aforesaid.
Sec. 6. Aad be il .Jurther enacted That it shall
be the duty of the Marshal of the District of
Columbia, at least five days before the meeting
of the court for which jury is required, to no.
tiiy each person drawn, by serving on him q
notice in writing of his selection as a Juror OF
the court he is to attend and Of the day and
hour he is TO appear; which notice shall be
given to each juror in person, or he left at his
usual place of residence; n copy of which notice,
with his certificate stating when and in what
manner the original was served shall be return
ed by the said marshal to the court before the
commencement of the term for which the sail
jurors were drawn.
Sec. I. And be Il further enacted, That in case
Of either OF the officers whose duty it is make
out the lists aforesaid shall neglect or refuse to
act, or in either of them shall be interested
in any action or proceeding pending in the said
circuit or criminal court, the chief judge of the
circuit court shall appoint fit and proper
person to discharge the duty instead and if
the persons selected as jurors do not attend, the
court may order the marshal to summon other
respectable tax payers, possessing the other legal
qualifications TO supply the deficiency And
if at any time there should not be, by reason of
challenge or otherwise, n sufficient number OF
jurors TO make up tue panel, the court shall
order the marshal to summon as many talesmen
as are necessary for that purpose.
SEQ. s. And be ii further enacted, That no per
son shall be competent to act as juror unless
he be citizen of the United States, resident
of the District Of Columbia, over twenty-one and
under sixty. five years of age good and lawful
man, who has never been convicted of felony
or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude
And person may be excused by the court from
serving on jury when, for any reason his in-
terests or those of the public will be materially
injured by his attendance, or when he is a par
ty in any action or proceeding to be tried or
determined by the intervention of Jury at the
term for which he may be summoned, or where
his own health the death or sickness of
member of his family requires his absence.
Sec. o. And be il further enacted That il any
officer named in the first section of this act shall
put on the list he is required to make the name
Of any person at his own request, or on the
request of any other person. or shall be guilty
of any fraud or colluson with respect to the
drawing of jurors, he shall be deemed guilty Of
n misdemeanor, and shall he punished by fine
Of not less than one hundred dollars, AMI i'm
prisoned in the county Jail not less than sixty
days, Tor each and every offence And If the
clerk Of the circuit court shall draw from the
hOx greater number of names than is required
by the court, in accordance with the provisions
of this act, or shall put in said hox any name
after the same has been delivered to him as
aforesaid, or shall be guilty of any fraud or
collusion In respect to the drawing of jurors, he
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by fiue of not less than one
hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in the couu-
ty Jail not less than sixty days, for each and
eVery,oifeucc
Sec. 10. lind be ii further enacted, That if any
person selected as juror and duly notified TO