The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-04-18
Drawing Jurors.

Drawing Jurors. a.....r
The following bill has become law,
and we publish it for the information of
the public:
A Supplement to an act for the better
and impartial selection OF persons to
serve rs jurors in each of the counties
of this Common wealth. The following
bill was sent to the Governor March
18th and has been signed by him:
Sec /. BE it enacted, That whenever
II shall he made to appear tothe court Of
common pleas of any county that the
provisions of the laws for the selection
of persons to serve as jurors in the
courts of such county or the depositing
of their names in the wheel have not
been complied with or that the wheel
containing the names of such persons
has been broken open or destroyed so
that no jury can be drawn from it, or IL .
by accident, mistake or neglect of this
sheriff or jury commissioners of any
county or either of them the wheel atoi- -
said has been opened, unlocked or un-. 10
sealed except in the presence Of such
sheriff and jury commissioners, and o
challenge to the array has been sustain l
ell for any of the last mentioned causes,
or that the array of jurors returned at
any court In such county has been
quaShed by reason of any fault or IL
regularity in the selection of persous or .
dep0Siting their names in the wheel, the
said court shall order new selection Of [
persons 10 be made of such number as o
said court shall designate and their ?
names deposited in such wheel or q new
wheel to be prepared for that purpose, p
for the remainder Of the current year, 1Ii
See. 2. That thereupon it shall be tie
duty of the jury commissioners, presI.
dent judge, or additional las judge VI
the respective district, or majority OF
them, to meet at the seat of Justice Of I,
the respective county at least thirty
days before tho court at which such
jurors shall be summpnd to serve, II 80
many days shlll intervene, and take
out of the wheel oil the names therein
deposited, or II new wheel clean out
tho same and make q new selection of
persons and deposit their names In sucl,
wheel or in the new wheel for the re-
mainder or the current year in the same
manner rs Is now directed by law for
the selections Of such persons aud the J
, depostlng of their names in the wheel
at the beginning Of the year. '--
Sec. 3. That hereafter list contain
ing the name, occupation and residence
of every person placed in the Jury
wheel shall be kept certified by the
judge and jury commissioners. or such
of them as shall be present at the sci &C.
tion of such persons, and filed of record
in the Office of the prothonotary OF the
court of common pleas OF the respeo-
tive county. f. ,.ffrn
Sec 4. That whenever by existing
Ia vs. II shall be the duty of any person
connected with the selection or drawing
OF jurors to be sworn, the oath required
to be taken shalt be reduced to writing.
subscribed by the person qualities, and
filed in the Office Of the prothonotary OF
the court Of common pleas as part OF
the records thereof
Sec. 5. That whenever the array of
jurors returned to any court of oyer aud
terminer and quarter sessions OF the
peace shallbs quashed, ID shall be the
duty of the clerk of said courts to forth.
with certify the record thereof to the
court ofcommon pleas where 1t shall bo
entered upon and made a part OF tho
said court OF common pleas.
Sec. Q. That all the laws or parts OF
laws inconsistent herewith are heTpby
repealed. t'.' n'i.
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