The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-24
THE Jury BILL.

! ne Dlll w loR"lN'' juno :" WV
cases, drawn by that eminent jurlHt, the
Hon. A. W, Terrell, aud reported upon
Myorably by Senate Judiciary Commit
tee No. I Is one Of the most important
Legislative acts Of the session, As the
bill has passed 10 cnRrossmcnl ana VIII
likely receive no material amendments,
we give nm accurate synopsis of is very
interesting provisions
Section one provides that no person
shall be n qualified juror in civil causes
unless he be citizen Of the state u
freebooter in the State or house holder
in the county, II qualified voter fsound
mind and able TO read and write
Section two eXcmpts from jury
service all civil officers, under
takers, druggists, active officers
not exceeding five in number Of organ
lied fire companies in any town or city
of not less than five thousand inhnbit-
ants, telegraph operators, attorneys and
physicians in practice, millcrs, persons
over sixty years Of age, lerrymen rail
road station agents, engineers and CON
duclors cashiers and tcllcrS OF
banks, schOo masters publishers OF
newspapers and ministers of the
gospel,
Section three dsqualiies every person
from serving ON iuries unless possessed
of the qualifications mentioned in Sec
ton one
Sections four, five, six, seven eight
nine and provide for the drawing
and summoning of jurors,
Section ten imposes fine Of not less
than ~ nor more than $50 ON jurors
failing to attend,
Section eleven provides for the dis
charge Of regular panel after one week \
service
Section twelve authorizes the court
where the business or population of the
county requires it to increase or reduce
the panel of jurors TO be drawn by the
county commissioners.
Section thirteen prescribes n strong
oath to be administered to the sheriff
respecting his iayoring or injuring
litigants,
Section fourteen provides that in
event that the commissioners
fail to cause " jury to be
summoned, that the court shall
order proceedings for the selection Of
jurors in conformity with this act
Section fifteen authorizes the judge to
have causes docketed for the first day
of the term and II jury summoned to
try them.
Sections sixteen and seventeen again
refer to the duties of commissioners in
summoning jurors.
Section eighteen provides that no
jury shall be required in any civil case
in the District or County Court unless
the party claiming jury shall deposit by
nine o'clock of the day set for the trial
Of jury eases, jury fee of five dollars
if in tho District Court and three dol
lars if in the County Court
Section nineteen provides that i
any party shall make oath that he il
unable to deposit the required jury fe,
he shall be Untitled to a jury free o
charge,
Section twenty provides that all tn,
jury shall concur in verdict, unlcs
during the trial, one or more jurors, no
exceeding three, may die or be disable,
from sitting.
Sections twenty-one, twenty-five an,
twenty-three provide for registering
the names of the jurors and for sum
moning bystanders to fill vacancies.
Section twonty-iour pays tho juror
two dollars per day. y
Section twenty-five provides for tn,
discharge of all jurors, summoned anC
not sworn, without pay.
Section twenty-six authorizes tn
Court to adjourn the jury to an,
? day of the term and denie
them pay during the time so adjourned
Section twenty-seven provides TO
challenging the array,
Section twenty-eight provides that i
Juror be witness in cause, or inter
ested directly or indirectly in the result
of suit, or related in the third degre,
by consanguinity or affinity to eithe
litigant, or that he has served as juro
for one week within the six months
preceding, or does not possess the quail
fications of juror rs enumerated in tn,
act he can be challenged and set aside
The section further provides that the
juror if accepted cannot be sworn as 4
witness.
Section twenty-nine provides that SIX
men shall constitute jury in the JUS
tees Court and each party has three
challenges, and no party can have a
jury trial before a Justice unleis he de.
posts o jury fee of three dollars, or
swears he is too poor to do so. TH.
Section thirty reneala all la,. Il, oo,,