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mnjority thereof, respectively, shall. within
days from the passage OF THIS act,
prepare legal and proper lists Of jurors, and
from the lists 50 prepared all grand and petit
jurors required BY law FOR the said year iHU
Shall DC forthwith drawn, summoned and re-
turned, in the manner now prescribed ny
law: and the jurors so drawn shall serve at
the general and special terms o: the court
first following the time Of such drawing,
whether or not the same shall have taken
place the nunii'"r OF days brir!e such general
or Sprcia. term now required by law.
SEC. = When by rc;!Snn ni challenge or
otherwise there is u deficiency in the num-
Der of grand or petit jurors duly drawn and
summoned ut amy term of the court in amy
county Of the state, the judge of the Circuit
Court shall order the board III jury commits
S%ioncrS, or q majority tlcOf forthwith to at
tend in court, and To draw. in the presence
and under the direction OF the court, SUCH
number of Jurors as the court shall deem
necessary to FIJI such deficiency. The jurors
SO drawn to reside within five miles OF the
courthouse. II when drawn shall attend
and serve during the term. And no juror
VINO has been drawn To serve at amy term OF
the court snail be excused, except for good
and sufficient cause, upon ailidavits. which
together with his application, shall be filed
in the Office Of the clerk OF the court, and re-
main of record. And no jurors snail he sum-
moucd from anon the bySlanucrS other
than in the manner herein prescribed; and
all acts and parts of acts providing for the
SummOuinE of jurors from the D~yStanucrS are
hereby repealed.
SEC. ). That whenever. during any year, in
any county OF the STATE, The list OF Jurors
prepared shall bc Gjudged illegal or irrcgu-
lar, tine judge OF the Circuit Court IN and for
said coun1y shall order the board OF jury
commissioners in and for such county. forth
with to prepare proper lists of jurors after the
manner prescribed by law and tlIcrcirom to
draw all such grand and petit jurors ncccSst-
~ for such year, who shall be drawn, sum
,noned and returned in the lntnner pre-
.,ri I,,j Ik- l., IA. and shalt nr\lil It.n MIMI
! ncr as if such lists had been prepared during
The month of January in such year. and the
said jurors drawn llcrcirom III the time now
required by law.
SEC. !. That when the Jury lists are prcpar-
ed by the jury commissioners for each year,
they s!lali place in Il separate apartment in
the jury box The names OF one hundred per-
SOns qualified by law TO serve as jurors, h
reside within iiv" miles of the Court house,
from which shall be drawn the Jurors to sup
ply the deficiencies provided for in the sec
ond section of this at: Proyideu, tiat IN
the County oil kich!anu. The number OF
names To De placed in the separate apart
mcnl heretofore provided for shall be two
hundred, and in the County Of Charleston
three hundred.
SEC. }. That all acts and parts of acts in
consistent with this act be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
An Act to carry into cnrct the fourteenth
section OF article iUf the constitution rcla-
Ting to The Judiciary.
Whereas the constitution of this state pro-
yidrs: Judges Of The circuit Courts shall in.
manner as shall be determined by law"
SECTION |. Hc cad'1,d, by the senate and
House OF Representatives. of the State OF
south Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen
cral assembly, and by the authority OF the
sumo, Thai to carry the said constitutional
provision into effect within sixty days after
The passage of this act, the chief Justice of
The supreme Court, or, in c;,sc OF his death,
resignation, illness or absence from the Stale
the presiding Associate Justice, SHALL cause to
be made Il roster of the Circuit Judges 0i this
state, and shall assign each of the said Cir
cut Judges To hold the fail terms Of the
courtS'ur oac of the circuits for the year lST,
commencing with The First Circuit, and The
Judge assigned To hold the courts OF The FirSl
Circuit shall continue To be assigned To The
other Circuits, in regular order, rs the Cir
cults stand in their numerical series: and the
other Circuit Judges snail be assigned to hold
The terms Of the courts OF the other circuits;
as The CHIEF Justice may select them, in the
numerical order of the circuits following, 50
that the Circuit Judges shall regularly rotate
in holding the TERMS of tic courts IN all CIR
cults of the State.
+ >. That between the first and fifteenth
of December, IoiI, and during the SAM pc
rod of c:lCiI succeeding year, the thief jus
licc or presiding Associate Justice frOnl the
said roster shall make the assignment Of
Circui; Judges 10 hUid the various cuurl> in
all OF the circuits for the whole o. the sliC-
cccdinS year, III Sucn ordc: rs win eject u
constant interchange Oh cIrcditS; ANA I'M
Incui;ltciy upon any SIlcil assignment, us p"O-
viLcu in Ibis and the preceding section of
tins acl. the tlicI justice, or presiding AS>O-
ciatc Justice, shall cause official notification
10 DC given ~ lie Circul; Judges 81 The order
OF their assignment, ANA shall cause 4 notice
to be inserted IN W. daily newspapers, one
in the city OF Charleston and one IN The city
ul Columbia, for Two weeks, Of the order Di
such assignment and said notification shall
be sufficient nuLic: to The said Circuit j Judges,
and IilpS shall DrDctIl Ia npiu the lcrlll, OF
the cOur,S in the circLiiS to winch t.lry are.
respectively assigned, at the times appointed
by Jaw Tor the Various Circuit Courts Therein
to convene.
SEC. ). Whenever any Circuit Judge, pend
in: his assignment to iolu The Courts vi any
circuit, shall die, resign. be disabled " HI
ness, OF be absent from the State, or in case
Of II Vacancy IN the o:llcr Of Circuit Judge Of
any circuit, tue Chief Justice. or presiding
Associate Justice, may assign any other LIr-
cult Judge, di>enSaStd. To hold iho courts vi
such circuits, Or To Ill any appointment
made necessary b. such vacancy.
SEC. No Circuit Judge shall absent himself
from this State without leave first g~rtlltc'i III
writing by the Cn!c! Justice or prc,idIiIs As
SUciutc Justice.
SEC. }. Any Circuit Judge who shall fail to
Neglect to hold the term or terms OF amy
curt OF General sessions or Cannon Pleas
in any CircuiL To winch ne may be assigned
NTH the business vi said courts shall have
been disposed ~, or The end of the term or
terms arrives, or shall fail 10 recognize and
obey The order OF the assignment OF lhe tli!ci
Justice or presiding Associate JuSiicc, or
shall violate the iLh section Oi LnlS :c., upon
amy reliable notification III t!r'>;.ln4, the At
turncy General of The STATE shall, 10y oTiic!a!
COMMUNICATION bring such violations OF this
act to the iiUtic" OF the ,icncrLi Assembly 1T
its irSi session. ami such Circuit judge shall
be held ai;Ic:ablct to proceedings for neglect
OF duly, AS provided IN article :, section /, Of
the constitution.
SEX. u. That section %, title } Of the code OF
procedure, chapter ~ Of the revised statutes,
;;n,i All o:iicr acts or parts OF acts conflicting
with The provisions OF TIL, acl, are hereby rC-
lC;iIcu.
Approved May u, 1871.
An Act to regulate the appointment of coun-
Is officers.
be il rnnctcd by the Senate and House OF
Representatives OF the State OF south caro-
ina, now met and sitting in General ASSEM-
and By the authority of the sable, That
hereafter nc person 'sliail be appointed To fiji
any county office who shall not be All clector
Of such county.
Approved May 81, ISL.
Discussing the pay CT Mcmbcrs.
In the House on Tuesday of last week
the pay Of members was again discussed.
MIR t,Ijisbn Of ftdrrijciI and Mr.