The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-16

the District Judge, at each Quarterly Session, 70
constitute the panel Of tho vonre for the succeed
4 ". III That thore shnll be kept separate Jury Box
time to tilno, and tho drawing therorom &c CON
ductcd in tho samo manner as by law required for
the Superior Courts; and i'll reference to t > said
Jurics Of the District Courts, the manner Of SUN
mons them, tho duties and liabilities Of tho Off
Gers OF tho Court and the penalties for non-attcn
dance aud in oil other respects, tho jury law Of
the State shall apply. |
v. That in drawing Jurors to constitute the
District Judge to direct the rejection Mt the time
Of :.rawing OF tho names Of persons who known
or Dol: owed to bo dead, not resident in tho Dis
trict, over seventy years OF age. or in any man
nor disabled from discharging tho duties of q
Juror; and names shall be rejected for tho occa-
sion and returned to the Box Of persons who are
known to be in the panel for tho term of the Su-
| perior Court next ensuing the drawing, or who
have served as Jurors citbor in tho Superior or
District Courts within twelve months preceding
VI. That to constitute the Juries in tho District
Courts for the term ncxt succeeding the passing
| Of this Act, and for which the Venre has already
been issued, tn. District Judge shall order the
drawing of sixtccn from tho pumbcr of those sum-
| moncd and in attendance. which number, so drawn.
shall constitute the panel tor that term, and from
thcm shall be drawn those who shall serve as the
Jury Of that term; and, If in any District such
| venre shall not have been already issued, the
District Judge shall order p special Court for tho
| with tho provisions Of this Act
| VII That iii the District Court, each party in o
civil action, and the accused and the prosecuting
officer in criminal matter, shall be entitled to
challcngc each two jurors and the places of those
challenged shall be supplied from the supernume-
instance shall be supplied in ike manner as in the
| Superior Court a5 a5%e4#
VIII. traverse Of an Indictment, shall not, in
the District Courts, OF itself, operate to continue
IX That the concluding paragraph OF tho
% n ss the Seurt r il be the he
alternately at tho Court House in the town of
Beaufort, and at LawtonyiIe,, be repealed. "a,
1 X. In civil causes the defendant shall be entitled
to an inparlnnco to the succeeding quarterly Term
III. The Superior Court of Equity and the Dis.
aud .ne @ 6Snerept &SS11s OF Law M
fisdston of al cases in Law, civil and criminal ad
OF which, by the constitution, the said District
Courts have jurisdiction.
MI. That in all cases now commenced in the
District Courts for services where the amount due
is over one hundred dollars, the case shall be
transferred to the Court of Common Pleas.
Court shall be heard by the District Judge, at a
his concurrence, the parties may fix, with an ap-
peal as from Chancellor on Circuit. With re-
ty for the District shall regard the Judge Of The
District Courts rs he does Chancellor with re-
spcct to matters in the Superior Court Of Equity;
and in both of these Courts the law, practce
fees, modes of proceeding and effect of order and
process shall be nearly rs possible the same
Approved
AN ACT TO ALTER TIE Law ON THE SUBJECT OF
Il FENCES.
I. Be IL enacted by the Senate and House o
Representatives now met and sitting in General
Assembly and by the authority Of the. same,
ratified on the eighteenth day Of December, in the
year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and
twenty-seven, be- and the same is hereby repealed
Island, Wadnalaw and James Island "'N-,~
II. That from and after the passage of this Act
, cultivated grounds on the said Islands,
III That if any horses, mules: CATTLE hogs,
sheep or goats shall be found in any field, in
which shall be growing Or ungathered, any grain
cotton, or vegetable production raised for market
or domestic consumption, it shall be lawful for the
ne or person nSn having charge Of such field
goats and to keep them in con. :.nement untif he
shall have notified, within six hours after such
be bound to pay the owner Of such field.
Approved December goth, 1866.
AN ACT TO SHORTEN AND REGULATE THE PuB11cA11os
OF NOTICES TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS IN EQUITY
L Be It e7,dcted, Uy the Senate and House 81
, Representative now met and sitting in Genero
Assembly, and by the authority of the same. Taa1
hereafter decree pro confesso may be had against
any defendant to bill or other proceeding II
Equity, who rnny be without tho State nfter notice
from tho Register in Equity Tor the District II
which such bill or other proceeding is filed pul,
lished in o newspaper once within every ten days
of the time hereinafter mentioned that such de-
fenda1t = appear and Plead. answer or demur t
such bill or other proceeding within forty dnv:
from the date Of the first publication of said no
tice, or that o decree pro conJesso be entered o
record against him, any law. usage or practice te
the contrary III anywise notwithstandine
Approved December 49, 1866
JAMES I. ORR, Governor.
AN ACT TO ALTER THE LAW IN RELATION II, rp4
PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES 7T-
I. Be 1t enacted BY the Senate and House Of Ra
presentahvcs, now met and sitting in General Az.
scmbly. and by the authority of the same That IN
every case in which, by existing or future laws 3 .
publication is provided to be made in newsnana,
or gazette printed in the District it shall Ia ~