The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-01-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
ACTS OF ras LEGISLATURE:

ACTS OF TIE LEGISLATURES. "
An Acr amend an Act entitled "Aas
Act to amend taa, Act to ,estab-
lssh District Courts =.
l. BE 1t enacted, by the Senate and
!. House of Representatives, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by
the authority Of the same, That 50
much of an Act, entitled can Act:to
amend an Act entitled can Act to
establish District Court" ratified the
twenty first day Of September, Ole
thousand eight hundred and sixty six,
as requires the drawing. and cmpan-
neling Of Grand yuries for the Dis
trict Courts, be, and the same is here
by repealed, and all persons already
drawn and summoned to attend said
District Court as Grand Jurors, are
hereby relieved Of the duty Of scat
tending.
II. That no presentment of a
Grand Jury shall be caecessary in any
case in the said District. Courts, but
itshall be the duty Of the Attorney
General and Solicitors, after inquirS
ing into the facts. Of each case, to pre-
pare Bills of Indictment, and present
the same with the papers pertaining
thereto to the District Judge for his
examination, who shall order the same
to be dockcl for trial, if in his judg-
mcnt, the prosecution thereof be ad-'
yisable.
Ill. That the Jrries i'll the Dis
trict Court, shall consist Of ere Jury
of eight Jurors at each Quarterly
Session, and the vcuirc therefor sha!!
consist of a panel of sixteen; and it
shall be the duty, tic District Judge
a. each Quarterly Session, TO order
the drawing in open court Of the Ju-
rors to constitute the panel Of the yen
ire for the succeeding term.
". That there shall be kept a
separate Jury Box for the District
Courts, which shall lc' filed from
time to time, and the drawing there
from be conducted il the same mar
ner as by law required for the Surs-
rior Courts; aid in reference to tic
said Juries of the District Courts, tic
,nanner of summoning them, the du-
tics and liabilities Of the officers ot
the Court and the penalties for ncli
attendance, and in al other respects,
the jury law cf the State shall apply.
Y. That in drawing Jurors to con-
stitute the panel Of the Fcnirr, it
shall be competent for tic District
Judge to direct the rejection at the
time of drawing of the names OF per-
sons who are known or believed to be
dead, not resident in the District,
over seventy years Of age. or in any
manner disabled from dischargng
the duties OF Il Juror; and names
shall be rejected for the occasion and
returned to the Box OF persons who
are known to be in the panel for the
term ofthc Superior Court ncxt cnsu-
ing the drawing, Or who have served
rs Jurors either in the Superior or
District Courts within twelve months
preceding the drawing.
VI. That to constitute the Jurics
in the District Courts for the Term
next succeeding the passing Of this
Act, and for which the Vcmirc has
already been issued, the District Judge
shall order the drawing OF sixteen
from the number of those summoned
and in attendance, which numbcr, 50
drawn shall constitute the panel .for
that term, and from them shall be
drawn those who shall serve as tic
Jury Gf that FERN; and, if in any
District such Vcnirc shall not have
been already issued, the District Jul;se
shall order a special court for til
drawing and shall order the Vcnirt
in accordance with the provisions oI
this Act.
VII. That in the District Court
each party in civil action, and tn;
accused and the prosecuting officer il
q criminal matter, shall be entitled Il
challenge each, two jurors; and tht
places of those challenged, shall b(
supplied from the supernumcrarics.v77
An insufficient number Of Jurors il
any instance, shall be supplied il
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