The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-20

neglect shall pay fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, to be imposed by the same
court, to the use of the county ia which the
offence was committed.
SEc. 81. the board of jury commissioners
shall beguilty of fraud, either by practicing ON
the jury box previously to draft, or in draw
ing juror, or in returning into the box the
name Of any juror which had been lawfully
drawn out, and drawing or substituting
another in his stead, or in any other way in the
drawing of jurors, he shall be punished by O.
fine not exceeding FIVE hundred dollars, or be-
imprisoned not exceeding two years in the
State penitentiary.
Sec. 80. Nothing contained In this act shall
effect the power and duty OF coroners, justices
of the peace or trial justices, to summon and
impanel jurors, when authorized by other
provisions of law. q.
Sec. SO. The clerk of the Court Of General
Sessions in each county, not less than fifteen
days before the commencement Of the first
term OF the court in each year, shall. issue
writs of venire .fdcias In each county for
eighteen grand jurors to be returned to that
court, who shall be held to serve at each term
thereof throughout the year, and until anotn er
grand juror is impaneled in their stead
!. SEC. 81. Grand jurors shall be drawn, sum-
moned and returned In the same manner as
Jurors for trials, and when drawn at the same
time as jurors for trials, the persons whose
names are first draYn, to the number requ1r-
ed, shall be returned as grand jurors, and
those afterwards drawn, to the number re-
quired, shall be jurors for trials.
SEC. 35. In case of deficiency Of grand jurors
in any court, writs of ue1aire tdcias may be Is
sued by the sheriffof the county in which said
court is held, to return forthwith such further
number of grand jurors from the bystanders
as may be required.
SEC. SO. No more than thrty-two persons TO
serve as petit jurors shsllbe drawn and sum-
moned to attend, at one and the same time,
at any court, unless the court shall otherwise
order.
SEC. 81. That any person who shall here
after be arraigied for the crime Of murder,
manslaughter, burglary, arson or rape, shall
be entitled to all the incidents Of an arraign-
ment and to peremptory challenges, not ex-
ceeding twenty, and the State. in such cases,
shall be entitled to peremptory challenges, not
exceeding two, in the manner heretofore pre-
scribed bylaw. And any person who shall pc
indicted tor any crime or offence other than
those above enumerated, shall have the right
to peremptory challenges Of i've, and the
State, in such cases, shall be entitled to per-
emptory challenges not exceeding two.
SEC. SO. That. an act entitled San act to
regulate the manner Of drawing Juries," ap-
proved the 2sth day Of September. A. D. 1885,
and the act entitled San act 10 amend an act
entitled an act,to regulate the drawing Of ju-
ries," approved the Esd day Of March, 1853, ana
all other acts, or parts ofacts, In any way con-
flictlng with the provisions Of this act be, sna
the same is hereby, repealed.
SEC. 80. That this act shall take effect anu
hsve the full power o. law, from and after It's
passage.
Approved the 10th day of March A. D. lsT-