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

order thc drawing in open court of the jurors to
constitute tho panel Of the vonio tor the succeed
ing term. r,r,, 1,ox
for the District Courts which shall be filled from
time to tinlo, and the drawing theresrom be con-
ducted in the same manner as by law required IoI
the Superior Courts; and i'll reference to the salo
Jures Of the District Courts, the mannor Of sum
moninr Them the duties and liabilities of the ofti-
GERS of the Court, and tho penalties for non-ateen
dance, and in all other respects, the jury law Oh
the State shall apply. III
". That in drawing Jurors to consutute .' ~ eho
panrl of tho venire, it shall be competent Tor INC
district Judge to direct the rejection at the time
of drawing of the names Of persons who are known
or bel cyed to be dead, not resident IN tho us
trict or over seventy years OF ago, or ID any na
disabled from ho e0 for the
sion and returned to tho Box OF persons VINO ~. al
known to be in the panel FOR the term ol jug yu.
nerior Court next ensuing the uIa~ins, VI WY
have served as Jurors eltnec III ehg oupeh1 W
n;str;ct Courts within twelve months preceding
NJ That to constitute tho Juries in the District
Courts for tho term next succeeding tne passing
of this Act and for which the Venlro has already
been issued. tho District Judge shall order the
drawing of sixteen from the number of those SLIM
moned and in attendance, which number, SO drawn,
shall constitute tho panel for that term, and from
them shall be drawn those who shall serve as the
Jury Jury Of that term; aud, if in any District such
| yonire shall not have been already issued, the
District Judge shall order special Court for the
drawing and shall order the Yenire in accordance
with the provisions Of this Act.
VII That in the District Court, each party IN
civil action, and the accused and the prosecuting
officer in criminal matter, shall be entitled &c
challenge each two jurors and the places OF those
challen red shall be supplied from the supesnume'
| raries. An insufficient number OF jurors IN any
instance shall be supplied in like manner as IN the
! Superior Court.
the District Courts, of itself, operate to continue
*. That the concluding paragraph Of thu
! eleventh section, in the words, "and in the Dls
trict of Beaufort, where the Court shall be held
alternately at the Court House IN tho town
K. In civil causes the defendant shall be entitled
to an imparlnnce to the succeeding quarterly Torn
| of the Court.
XI. The Superior Court of Equity and the Dis
trict Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction in al
cases Of Equity; and the Superior Courts OF Law
and the District Courts shall have concurrent ia
risdiction of all cases in Law, civil and criminal
/ OF which, by the constitution, the said Distric
/ Courts have jurisdiction.
/ XII. That in all casos now commenced IN tn
District Courts for services where the amount du
is over one hundred dollars, the case shall b.
I transferred to the Court OF Common Pleas.
/ XIII. Matters Of Equity pending in the Distric
/ Court shall be heard by the District Judge, at
1 Quarterly Session. or at such other time as Will
his concurrence, the parties may fix. with an ap
neal as from q Chancellor on Circuit. With re
spect to these matters, the Commissioner in Equl
fy for the District shal regard the Judge OF tn
/ District Courts as he does Chancellor with re
spect to matters in the Superior Court Of Equity
and in both of these Courts. the law, practice
fees, modes Of proceeding and effect OF order an
process shall be nearly as possible the same
app JAMES L. ORR.