The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-08

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the Board Of Jury Commissioners ehall
attend, at tho Office of the Clerk of the
court uf Common Pleas within and idr
thai CgfntS and. iu the presenoe OF the
HOl9tk d thS Court and the Sheriff OF AliS
EConntys sshkll shake up the uaneH Ia 9He'
Ejury-box uhtil they are well tGiixad. aud.
Hunting nn!hSked saia hc=; The aaia Inrv
Commissioner, in the presenre OF the
Clerk Of tho Court aud Sheriff OF the
County, shall proceed to draw therefror1s
without seeing the names written there
on, number of ballots equal to tho
number OF jurors required. II person
80 drawn is exempted by law, or is una
| bic, by reason OF sickness or absence
from homo, to attend as juror, or it ho
lias served as q Juror in any court within
tho yenr then next preceding, his namo
another drawn in his stead Proritled,
That if tho Clerk aud Sheriff shull full
to attend. aftor due notice, the jury
Commissioner shall proceed without
them, and the jury SO drawn shall bc
lawful.
SEC. 13. When any person il drawn
and returned to servo ns O Juror in any
court, the Board of Jury Commissioners
shall endorse on the ballot the dalo of
tho draft. and return it into tho box
after the number of jurors required have
been drawn; and. whenever there is
revision and renewal Of tho ballots in the
box, the Boald Of Jury Commissioners
shall transfer to the now ballots the date
0f all the drafts mude within the year
then next preceding.
SEC. IA. The time for drawing Jurors
shall not be less than seven nor moro
than fifteen days before tho day when
the jurors are required to attend.
SEQ. Is. The Sheriff shall, ut least four
days before tue time when the jurors arc
required to attend, summon each person
who is drawn. by reading to him tho
renirc, with his endorsement thereon OF
his hnving been drawn, or By leaving at
his place of nbodc written notification
of lis having been drawn, and Of tho
time aud plnce OF the sitting Of the
Court at which lie is to attend, aud shall
make return OF the veniro, with his
doings thereon. TO the Clerk OF tho
Court, before the opening or time Of
holding tho Court from which it issued
SEC. l6. On tho day whom The jurors
arc summoned to attend at any Court,
tho Clerk shall prepare q list OF their
names, arranged in alphabetical order.
Tho first twelve on the list, who are not
exempt, shall be sworn aud empanciled
.s Jury for the trial of cntlses, and
shnll be called the first jury. The next
twelve on the list shall DO sworn aud en-
paneiled in like manner, and shall be
culled the second jnry.
SEC. II. Supernumerary jurors may
be excused, from time to time, until
wanted, aad may be put on either OF the
juries. as OCCASION requires, in the plnoe
of absentece. Nothing herein contained
shall prevent tho transferring OF jurors
from onb Jury to another, when the con-
venience Of the Court or Of the Jurors
require it.
SEC. Is. Each jury. after being thus
empanelled. shall retro aud choose their
foreman, or shall make such choice upon
retiring with tho first cause with which
they are charged; aud whenever the
foreman is absent or excused from fur
thcr service, a new foreman shnll be
chosen in like manner.
ceding sections shull apply to tho en-
panelllng Of juries in criminal cases; bnt
the jurors shall be called. aWorn aud en-
panelled anew for the trial of each case,
according to the establishel practice,
aud their foreman shall be appointed by
he Court or hy the jury when they re-
tire to consider their verdict
SIC. 20. When, by reason of chal-
lenge, or otherwise. or sufficient num-
Der Of jurors duly drawn aud summon
eu, oannot be obtained for tho t,iai Of
amy cause. civil or criminal, the Court
aliall cause jurors to be returned from
tho by-stnnders, or from tho County ut
!arga. to complete the panel; Froritici,
That there are on tho jury not less thnn
seven Of the jurors who were originally
drawn and summoned, AS before pro
vlded
SEQ. 81. The jurors so returned from
tho by-stunders. or tho County at large,
shall be returned by tho Sheriff, whose
duty 1t shall be- to be- present during the
entire term of sitting of any Conrt. in
their respective Counties. and Shall DC
s"ch as nrs qualified and liable to be
drawn as jurors. according to the provi-
sinns of this Act.
SEC. %. The Court shall, on motion Of