The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-20
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Joint Resolutions, Passed
by the General Assembly of South
Carolina, Session of1s7O-'71.
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AN ACT to regulate the manner Of drawing
iurioc

An ACT to regulate the manner Of drawing
juries. :.
SECTION l. Be it enacted 6y the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As
sembly, and by the authority of the same
All persons who are-qualiaed to vote In the
choice of representatives in the General AS
sembly shall be liable to be drawn and serve
as jurors, except as hereafter provided.
Sec 2. The following persons shall be ex-
exempt from serving as jurors, to wit : The
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, attorney
general, comptroller-general, State auditor,
State treasurer, secretary of State, superin-
tendenr Of education, commissioner Of agrl-
cultural statistics, members and officers of the
Senate and House of Representatives during
the session of the General Assembly, members
of the Senate and House Of Representatives of
the United States, judges and justices of any
court, county commissioners, county audi
tors and treasurers, clerks Of courts,
registers of mesne conveyances, sherifs
and their deputies, coroners, constables,
the marshals of the United States and
their deputies, and all other officers ofthe Uni
ted States, counsellors and attorneys at law.
ordained ministers of the gospel, officers OF
colleges, preceptors and teachers Of acade-
mics, practicing physicians, and surgeons
regularly licensed, cashiers and telers of in
corporated banks, editors Of newspapers, con-
slant ferrymen, millers carrying on that busi-
ness at the time, and all men actually en-
ployed as such; such officers and employees
of railroads as are now exempt by law, and
persons who are more than sixty-fve years
old.
SEC. 8. No person shall be liable to be drawn
and serve as juror in any court oftener than
once in every year, but he shall not be so eX-
empt unless he actually attends and serves as
Juror in pursuance. of the draft: Provided,
No person shall be exempt from serving on
jury in any other court In consequence OF his
having served before justice OF the peace or
a trial justice.
Sec L. That there shall be appointed by the
Governor and confirmed by the Senate one
officer for each county In the State, to be
named and designated jury commissioner,
who, with the county auditor and chairman OF
the board of county commissioners, Shall coll
stitute board ofcounty commissioner for the
county; said jury commissioner shall hold his
Office for two years, unless sooner discharged
by the Governor.
SEC. S. The board Of jury commissioners Oh
each county shall, once in every year during
the month of January, and for the present
wear within one month after the passage OF
this act prepare list OF such inhabitants ID
their respective counties, not absolutely e4-
empt, as they may think well qualified to serve
as Jurors, being persons of good moral char
acter, of sound judgment, and free from all
legal exceptions, which list shall include not
less than one from every twenty voters, nor
more than one from every ten voters OF their
respective counties.
SEC. C. OF the list so prepared, the board oil
Jury commissioners shall cause the names 10
be written, each one on a separate paper or
ballot, and shall fold up said pieces OF paper
or ballots so as to resemble each other as
much as possible, and so the name written
thereon shall not be visible on the outside,
and shall place them in box, to be furnished
them by the county commissioners of their
county for that purpose, and by said board of
| Jury commissioners 10 be kept.
SEC. 7. If any person whose name is so
placed in said jury-box Is convicted of any
scandalous crime, or is guilty of any gross I'M
morality, his name shall be Withdrawn there
from by the board of jury commissioners, and
he shall not be returned us a juror.
| SEC. 8. TIE clerk Of the Court of Common
Pleas In each county, at least fifteen days be-
fore the commencement Of any regular term
of the Court OF General Sessions for the coun-
ty, and ten days before any special session re-
curing jury, and in the County of Charleston
like periods before the first Of each alternate
| week of the Court of Common Pleas, and at
such other times as the respective courts may
order. shall issue writs of Uenire Jdcids FOL
Jurors, and shall therein require the at
tendance of jurors on the first day
of the term, and for the Court OF
Common Pleas for the County Of Charleston
| on the first and each alternate week thereat'
ter, and such other days as .he courts may OF
der. The petit jurors returned for the Court O
General Sessions for Charleston County shall
| serve for the term, and the jurors returned fol
the Court of Common Pleas for two weeks; the
Jurors for the Court Of General Sessions for al
other counties shall serve for the term, and fol
the term of the Court of Common Pleas imme
diately following.
SEC. o. The ueaires shall be delivered to tnt
sheriff of the county, and shall be served oy
him without delay upon the board OF jury com
missloners of the county.
SEC. 10. Nothing contained In the preceding
sections shall prevent the clerk of any Cour
of Common Pleas from Issuing uen1res for ad
di,ional Jurors in term time, whene yer 1t Il
necessary for the convenient dispatch OF ousi
ness. in which case the uenire shall be serVet
and returned, and the jury required to attenc
on such days as the court shall direct.
Sec. H. All jurors, whether required u
serve on grand or petit jury, shall be selecte'
by drawing ballots from the jury box, ana TN
persons whose names are borne on the ballot
80 drawn shall be returned to serve as Jurors.
Sec u. When jurors are to be drawn, the
board Of jury commissioners shall attend al
the Office OF the clerk Of The Court of Common
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