St. Mary's gazette., 1867-04-11
NO25

| to the spirit ard intent of this act ; and
which said lists and certificates shall b.
filed with the Clerks of said Courts. and lry
them preserved as other proceedings Of
the said Courts are kept.
! Sec g. And be il further enacted BY
tie authority aforeSaii That when said
i list of names, selected as directed IN tho
preceding section. is maio and certif d.
as therein provided f r, immedi t-ly thcrs-
upon the said judge of the sand respcc-
tive courts, in the presence OF the mem-
bers of the Bar as atorc>,n., and such 9TH
er persons as may thluN iroper to be pres
ent, shall cause all the nuMus selected aud
! placed on the list us aforesaid, to be lcgi-
! bly, written upon ballots, which shall be Of
! equal size and OF ,he same color and ap-
pearancc and Shall be closely rolled or
folded and placed by said judge, with his
own hands, Immediately before the draw
ing herein provided for. into a cubi-form
box, with Siding top, of the square Of
eight inches, to be procured for that par
pose by the clerk Of said colrt, under tho
direction Of the said judge, and after de-
posting said ballots, thc SAID box shall To
closed, and the said Judge shall tn ,ncauso
. the clerk or one of Ms deputies, whom tho
said Judge TTshail designate, neither the
one nor the other who uay bc % required
to act to be pres ut st the Writing, rolling
or folding and dcpositilrT said ballots into
the box, as herein directed, to appear Dc-
fore him, aud then and there, in the pros
once Of the said Judge, and such other
II, ", Ftnt
we'll and thoroughly shaking said box 20
that the ballots he we'll mixed, to draw
from said box, through such an opening
or aperture made by moving the sliding
top thereof as Will only conveniently ad-
nit the hand, and without in any manner
looking into said box, one by one, forty
eight Of SAID ballots and the names ap-
p4aring On said ballots as drawn shall DO
duly recorded 10y the saiG, judge, or by
the Clerk in his presence, and under his
direction, in the order il which they shall
b drawn, $ aforosa.d. nd hcroupon forth
with the SAID judge hall order IL rcnirc
r;,cias to issue, directc / to the Sheriff Of
/ the sand county cummaudtnI hIn to sum
ulon as Jurors. to attend at t4c next en-.
suing term OF said court, the several per-
SONS whose names may be drawn as aforc-
said and if any such persons whose
rames arc 50 drawn and embraced ju saI
ren're .fj,cias should bo dead, sick or 9th
erwise unable to attend or should be ab-
sent aud, therefore, not to be found. 10
shall be the duty Of the Sheriff forthwith
10 return the fact .! such death. dis.bili-
ty or abscpcc, and tho SAID Judge shall
thereupon cause to Ic drawn from said
box, in the manucr hcreinbctorc directed,
other names in the place and stead of tho
original drawing, WHO may be dead, disabled
or absent and shall cause the name or
names Of such person or persons so as last
! aforesaid drawn, to be inserted IN the said
ecJ.jrc focius to be summoned rs aforesaid;
and it shall! be the duty Of the ShuriT to
Iucias, and make a return thereof to said
count at the opening Of its session.
! Sec. 4 Aud be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That immediately
after each drawing for jurors as directed
in the preceding section, and for talcsmen
as hereinafter directed and without SUI
terng the SAID ballots remaining in said
! box to be taken out, or III any manner re-
moved thcrc.rom, or Inspected. or exam-
ined, or the said box to be looked into, or
removed from bis presence by any person
whatever, the said .Iudgo of the said re-
| spcctvc courts shall close said box and
either lock or seal the sane securely, and
keeping the key or seal thereof himself.
! shall deposit the said box containing the
remaining ballots with the Clerk of tho
,ail court, to be BY him safely kept free from
any haudling or iDt rfcrcncc by any per-
son whatever, unless ii be in the presence
Of the said Judge and by his direction.
and then only in the manner herein d:rcc-
ted aud if for the tfial Of any cause or
causes, whether civil or criminal in tho
I said Circuit Court talcsman or talesmcn
/ be required the Judge Of the SAID court
may order the Sheriff to summon such
tacsman or ta!csmen either from list OF
names that shall be drawn from said box
containing the said ballots, in the modo
aud manner as directed in the third seq
ton Of this act, and furnished to the said
Sheriff; or from the community at largo
as heretofore practlccl.
Sc, 5. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That Of the for
ty-eighi jurors drawn and summoned as in
the third ion %. HIS act directed, tho
twcnty- ;hrce names first occurring in tho
order III which thcy were drawn shall cou-
stitute and be the Grand Jury for the en-
suing term of the ...iL court. and the re-
manning twenty Ave names next in order
in the drawing saall constitute and be tho