The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-04-01
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sEorIoN h Be it enacted 5y Tho, Senate and
Hoass Of Representatives, Of he Ssate Of iSouth
C'arotinos goae nsef aud siiingin General As
sssssa s as e. &c sgsss zn Ass aass e.
ratified the 25th day Of September, Anno
Domini 1858, be, and the same is hereby,
amended by the addition OF the following
at the end Of the Section: :" Provided, al,uavs,
That the list, when completed, shall be such
that the number OF names Of white voters
thereon shall bear to the number of names
OF oolored voters, as near as may be, the
same proportion as the whole number Of
white voters bears to the whole number of
colored voters in the township, city or
County, as the case may be-" ~
SEC. 2. Section 19 of said Act is hereby
amended by striking out the word .scities, I"
and inserting in lieu thereof the, words, /,
''the city of Charleston
Sec. g. That the following be substituted
for Section 20, to wit: ''The Mayor and Al
dermen and Clerk of the said city aball
have and exercise all the powers and duties
with regard to drawing, and all other mat
ters relating to jurors therein. which are in
this Act required to be performed by the
Selectmen and Town Clerks of their respec
tive towns, and all centres for jurors to be
returned from said city shall be served on
GQ6 mayor ana Aldermen.
SEC. A. That the proviso to Section 25 be-
stricken out.
Sec. 5. That Section 40 be stricken out.
and tho following substituted, to wit: .sThis
Act shall take effect from its pnssape.''
SEC. 6. That Immediately after the pas
sage of this Act if any one or all of the
townships of any County shall not have
been duly organized and jury list therefor
made according to law, the Sheriff and
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the
County shall, in connection with the Coun-
ty Commissioners or ma jority of those in
Office, make up jury list for the County,
according to tho provisions Of this Act, ex-
ercising for this purpose all the powers con-
ferrcd upon selectmen of towns; the. list
when prepared, shall be posted up at or
near the Court House door, by the said
Clerk and Commissioners, for ten days. at
least, after which they shall have power to
revise, correct and adopt the same, of the
list adopted by the Clerk and Commission
ers, they shall cause the names to be writ
ten, each one on separate paper or ballot,
and shall roll up or fold the ballots so as to
resemble each other as much as possible,
and so that the name written therein shall
not be visible on the outside and they shall
place the ballots in box to lie kept by the
Clerk for that purpose. This box shall be
securely locked and sealed and only opened
at the tlme ana 1Or the purpose OF drawing
Jurors. The list of jurors and the box as
thus made up, shall be the list and box out
of which jurors shall be drawn, until the
organization of the townships is effected
and the jury list therefor is made mp, and
one term'of the Court thereafter.
SEC. Z. The County Clerk, in the presence
| OF the County Commissioners, or any one of
them, if they or any one of them on notice
fail to attend, then in the presence of the
Sheriff of the County shall, at the time
mentioned in Section 8 of said Act for issu-
ing writs of uenire fdcias for jurors, and in
the manner provided, Selectmen and Town
| Clerks in Section IA of said ACT, proceed to
draw the jurors and issue writs of venire
therefor.
SEC. s. All Acts. or parts of Acts, rela-
tive to the qualifications and manner of
drawing jurors heretofore passed, except
the Act to which this is an amendment, are
hereby repealed.
In the Senate House, the twenty second
day of March. in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
| nine.
CHARLES w. MONTGOMERY,
President of the Senate pro lem.
FRANKLIN j. MOSES, JR.,
Speaker House of Representatives.
Approved the 23d day of March, 1862
ROBERT z. SCOTT, Governor.
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