The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-04-05
LAWS OF THE STATE
Acts and Joint Resolutions, Passed by
the General Assembly of South Caro-.
Nna, ST ssicn OF 1S70-'71.
COFFlCIAL.]
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE MANNER OF
DRAWING JURIES>

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE MANNER OF
DRAWING JURIES>
Section l Bc 1t enacted by the Senate
art House Of Representatives. ot'he Statc
ofSouM Carolina, nor met aud sitting n
General 1ssrmL!y, odLy tie authority
ofhc sa me, All persons who are quail
fed to vote in the choice Of Representa-
tiyes in the General assembly, shall DC
liable to be drawn and serve as jurors
except as hereafter provided.
SEC. 2. The following persons shall be
exempt from serving as jurors, to wit
The Governor, Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General, Comptroller General
State Auditor, State Treasurer, Secre-
tary Of State, Superintendent Of Educa-
ton, Commissioner of Agricultural
Statistics, members and officers Of the
Senate aud House of Representatives
during the SESSION of The General AS
sembly, members of the Senate aud
House Of Representatives ofthe United
State, Judges and Justices Of any Court,
County Commissioners, County Auditors
and Treasures, Clerks of Courts, Regis
ters Of Mesne Conveyances, Sheriff 5
and .helr Deputies, Coroners, Constables.
the Marshals of the United States and
their Deputies. and all other officers Of
the United States, counSelors and at :
torneys at law, ordained ministers cf the
gospel, officers Of colleges, preceptors
and teachers Of academies, practicing
physicians, ard surgeons regularly
licensed, cashiers aud tellers OF incorpo-
rated banks, editors of newspapers.
constant ferrymen, milcrs carrying on
that business at the time, and all men
actually employed as such such officers
aud employees c: rail roads as are now
exempt BY law, and persons who are
more than sixty years old.
SEC. 5. No person shall be liable to
be drawn, aad serve as juror in any
Coart. oftcner than once i'll every year.
but he shall not be so exempt, unless he
actually attends aud serves as juror in
pursuance Of the draft: Procaicl, No
person shall be exempt from serving on
a jury in any other Court, in conse-
4aence of MS having served before Il
Justice Of the Peace, or Trial Justice.
SEC !. There shall be appointed by
the Governor aal confirmed by the
Senate, one officer for each county in the
State, to be named aud designated
jury Commissioner. who, with the
County Auditor and Chairman Of the
Board Of County Commissioners, shall
constitute a Board Ct Jury Commission
ers for the county. SAID Jury Commis-
sioncr SHALL hold his Office for two years,
unltss 50 ner removed by the Govern
Or.
Src >. The Board of Jury Commis-
sioucrs Of each county shall once in
ereiy year, dnriug the month of
Janulry, and for The present year, with
IN o:e month after the passage of this
Act, prepare list Of such inhabitants
O! their respective cedn,ies, not abso-
lu'ely ;,t, as they may think well
qualified TO serve as Jurors, being
p~rscu- of good moral character, Of
50 md Judgment and free from all legal
exccp, oms, whici, list shall include not
less iian one from every twenty voters,
nor more than..oac FROM every ten voters,
Of their respective counties
Sc 6 Oh the list 50 prepared, the
Board Of Jury Commissioners shall
cause The names to be written, each one
on seperatc PAPER or ballot, and shall
fo!d up said pieces Of paper or ballots so
as to resemble each other as much as
possible, aud so.,the name written there
ON >lal not b. visible on the outside.
anl <iai. place them in box, to be
furnished them BY the County Commis-
s;oncrs Of their county for that purpose,
AID by sail Board Of Jury Commission
ers TO be kept.
SEC. { If any persoo whose name is
80 placed in said jury box is convicted
of an; scaadalons crime, or is guilty Of
any ero,s immortality, his name shall be
withdrawn therefroln By the Board OF
jury Commissioners, and he shall not be
returned as Juror.
SEC 8 The Clerk ofthe Court of
Common Pleas in each County, at least
fifteen days before the commencement
of any regular term OF the Court Of Gen
eral Sessions for the Comfy, aud ten
days before any special session requir,t
%inga jury, and in the County Of
charleston like periods before the FIRST
s..f each alternate week OF the Court Of
a;o,pmon Pleas, aud at such other tines
as the respective Courts may order,
ssh,ll issue writs 0. rs't;re .faeias Tor ju-
srors, and shall therein require the at
zen ance Of jurors on the frst day Of the
term. apd: for tbs Court Of Common
pleas for the Couaty os Charleston. on
tie irst aud each alternate week there,
Eslter, aud such other days as the cearts
may order. The petit jurors returned
Ter the court Of General Sessions for