The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-29
Vol. VII.

OF Education, commissioner OF
Agricultural Statistics, members
and officers Of the Senate and
House of Representatives during
the session Of the General Assem-
bly,: members Of the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States, Judges and JUS
tices of any Court, County Com
missioners, County Auditors and
Treasurers, Clerks Of Courts, Reg
listers of Mesne Conveyances, Sher-
ifs and their Deputies, Coroners,
Constables, the Marshals Of the
United States and their Deputies,
and all other officers Of the United
States, counsellors and attorneys
at law, ordained ministers Of the
gospel, officers Of colleges: precep-
tors and teachers Of academies,
practicing physicians, and sur
geons regularly licensed, cashiers
and tvllers Of incorporated banks,
editors Of newspapers, constant
ferrymen, millers carrying on that
business at the time, and all men
actually employ I'd as such ; such
officers and employees Of railroads
as are now exempt by law, and
persons who are more than sixty
five years old.
Sec. 3. No person shall be liable
to be drawn, and serve as a juror
in any court, oftener than once in
every year. but be shall not be so
exempt unless he actually attends
and serves as a juror in pursuance
Of the draft: Proulded, No person
shall be exempt from serving on a
Jury in any other court in conse-
quence Of his having served before
Justice of the Peace or Trial
Justice.
Sec. 4 That there shall be ap-
pointed by the Governor, and con-
firmed by the Senate. one officer
for each county in the State, to be
named and designated a Jury
Commissioner, who, with til c
County Auditor and Chairman of
the Board Of County Commission
erS, shall constitute a Board of
Jury Commissioners for the coun-
ty. Said Jury Commissioner shall
hold his Office for two years, un-
less sooner removed by the Gov
ernor.
SEC. 5. The Board Of Jury Com
missioners Of each county shall,
once in every year, during the
month Of January, and, for the
present year. within one month
after the passage Of this act, pre-
pare list of such inhabitants Of
their respective counties, not alb
solutely exempt, as they may
think we'll qualified to serve as
jurors, being persons good moral
character, of sound Judgment, and
free from all legal exceptions,
which list shall include not less
than one from every twenty vo-
ters, nor more than one from ev-
cry ten voters, Of their respective
counties.
SEC. 6. OF the list so prepared,
the Board OF Jury Commissioners
shall cause the names to be writ
ten, each one on u 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 u
box, to be furnished them by the
County Commissioners Of their
county for that purpose, and by
said Board Of Jury Commissioners
to 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
immortality, his name shall be Tith-
drawn therefrom by the Board OF
Jury Commissioners, and he shall
not be returned as a juror
Sec. s. The Clerk Of the Court
of Common Pleas in each county,
at least fifteen days before the
commencement Of any regular
term of the Court of General Scs-
sions for the county, and ten days
before any special session requir-
ing a 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 u.nire tacias for jurors, and
shall therein require the attend
ance 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 thereafter, and
such other days as the Courts may
order. The petit jurors returned
for the Court Of General Sessions
for Charleston County shall serve
for the term, and the Jurors re-
turned for the Court of Common
Pleas for two weeks the jurors
for the Court of General Sessions
for all other Counties shall serve
for the term, and for the term OF
the Court of Common Pleas I'M
mediately following.
SEC. 9. The venires shall be de-