Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-31
Acts and joint Resolutions Passed by the
Legislature Session 1870 and 1871.
TOFFICIAL.1


SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same:
All persons who arc qualified to vote in the
choice of representatives in tho General AS.
scmbly shall be liable to be drawn and serve
as jurors, except as hereafter provided.
SEo 9. The following persons shall be cx-
cmpt from serving as Jurors, to wit: The
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, attorney.
general, comptroller general State auditor,
State treasurer, secretary Of State, supcrin.
tcndcnt of education, commi sionnr of agri-
cultural statistics, members aud officers Of tho
Senate and House Of Representatives during
the session of the General Assembly, mem.
bcrs of the Senate and House of Representa-.
tivcs of the United States, Judges and justi-
ccs of any court, county commissioners, coun-
ty auditors and treasurcrs, clerks of courts,
registers Of mcsne conveyanccs, shcriffs aud
their deputies, coroncrs, constables, the mar
shals Of the United Stntcs and thcr deputies,
and all other officers of the United States,
counscllors and attorneys at law, ordained
ministers Of the gospel officers Of colleges,
preccptors and teachers OF academies, practi.
cling physicians, and surgeons regularly licens
ed, cashiers and tellcrs of incorporated banks,
editors of newspapers, constant fcrrymcn
millcrs carrying on that business at the time,
aud all men actually employed as such; such
officers and employees of railroads ms are now
than sixty five years old.
SEC 2. No person shul be liable to be
drawn and serve as juror in any court often
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be SO exempt unless he actually attends and
serve as juror in pursuance of the draft !:
Proudcd, No person shall be exempt from
serving on jury in any court in consequence
of his having served before justice of the
peace or tlial justice.
SEC 4. That there shall be appointed By
the Governor and conGrmcd by tho Senate
one officer for each connty in The State. to be
named and designated a jnry commissioner,
who with the county auditor and chairman
OF the board of county commissioners, shall
constitute board of county commissioners inr
the county; said jury commissioner shall
hold his office for two years, unless sooner
discharged by the Governor.
SEC. S. The hoard Of jury commissioners,
of each county shall in every year during the
month of January, and for the present year
act, prepare listof such inhabitants in their
respective counties, not absolutely exempt, as
they may think we'll qualified to serve as ju.
rors, being persons of good moral character,
Of sound judgement, and free from all legal
exceptions, which list shall inclnic not less
than one from every twenty voters nor more
than one from every ten voters of their res.
pcctivc counties.
SEQ. 6. OF the list so prepared, the board
of jury commissioners shall cause tho names
TO DC written, each ono on u separate paper
or ballot, and shall fold up slid pieces Of pa.
per or ballots 80 as to resemble each other
as much as possible, and so tho name written
thereon shall not BIZ visible on the outside,
and shall place them in box, to be furnish
ed them by tho county commissioners of
their county for that purpose, and by said
board of jury commissioners to be kept,
SEC. Z 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 withdrawn
therctrom by the board of july commissioners
and he shall not be returned as juror.
SEC 3. The 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-
quiring jury, and In The County of Charles
ton like periods before the first of each alter.
nate week Of the Court of Common Pleas, and
at suoh other times as tho respective courts
may order, shall issue writs Of vcnirc facias
for jurors, and shall therein require the at
tendance of Jurors on the first day of tho
term, and for the Court of Common Pleas
for tho County Of Charleston on the first and
each alternate week thereafter, and such 9th
or days as tho courts may order. The petit
jurors returned for the Court Of General Sos
slons for Charleston County shall serve for
tho term, and the jurors returned for tho
Court or Common Pleas for two weeks tho
jurors for the Court Of General Sessions for
all other counties shall serve for tho torn,
and for the term of the Court of Common
Pleasc Immediately following.
SEC 8. The venires shall bo delivered to
the sheriff of the county, and shall be served
by him without delay upon tho board Of jury
commissioners of the county.
SEC. 10. Nothing contained in tho pre-.
ccding sections shall prevent tho clerk of
any Court of Common Pleas from issuing
vrntrcs for additional jurors in torn time,
whenever it is necessary for the convenient
dispatch of business, in which oase tho uenire
shall be served and returned, and tho jury re.
qurod to attend on suoh days as tho court
shall direct.
SEC. IL. All jurors, whether required to
serve on grand or petit jury, shall be solicited
By drawing ballots from tho jury box, aud
tho persOns whose names ara horne on tho