The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-03
OFFICIAL.
LAWS or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
EXTRA SESSION, 1878.

l No. IA. AN All
TO abolish the offices OF Jury Commissioners
| In the parish OF Orleans, and to create
Board of Jury Commissioners for said
parish: providing for the appointment OF
same, and the filling Of vacancies therein;
fixing the number OF the board, comforting
duties and fixing their compensation; pro,
selecting petit jurors for The parish q Or,
leans, and for the impanellng OF petit ana
ner of drawing grand iuries for the parish
of Orleans and to provide that In all
criminal trials where two or more de-
| PENDANTS are jointly ON trial each defend
| ant shall he entitled to twelve peremptory
| challenges. and that the State shall be en-
| titled to six peremptory challenges for
| each twelve challenges to which such de-
PENDANTS may be entitled under this act,
! and to repeal oil laws in conflict mere
| with.
| House Of Representatives. Of The State Of Lou
isiuna, in General Assembly congened, That
the offices Of jury commissioners IN ana lor
the parish OF Orleans be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SEQ. q. Be II further enacted, etc. That there
shall be created for the parish of Orleans
Board OF Jury Commissioners, composed OF
three qualified voters residing in the parish
of Orleans, the acts of two Of them TO be as
| valid and binding as II performed by oil.
mediately after tho passage of this act the
Governor shall appoint from the Qualified
voters Of the parish Of Orleans. to be remov-
able at his pleasure, three persons TO be
selected from both political parties who shall
constitute q Board OF Jury Commissioners
The said commissioners shall receive for their
services six hundred dollars per annum,
payable quarterly by the city OF New Orleans:
and in case, from absence OF inability Of mem
bers of said Board Of Jury Commissioners,
there should be no quorum, the Governor
shall fill such temporary vacancy or vacan-
ces by the appointment q commissioner !, OF
commissioners, who shall have full power TO
do and perform oil acts appe,tanihg, TO the
office OF jury commissioner; the said com
missioners shall select, impartially, from the
citizens Of the parish OF Orleans having the
qualifications requisite to register rs voters,
the names ofnot less than one Thousand good
and competent men, u list of whose names
shall be made out and returned certified, IN
der their hands, to the clerk OF the Superior
Criminal Court, to be filed by him In his Office:
said list shall be kept complete and supple
mented from time to time, before eacl draw
ing, and no drawing shall be made from
list of less than one thousand names, ana IN
lists and supplemental fists and to the
petent men; proridea no person shall be liable
to serve as a juror oftener than once In two
wears. The said commissioners shall have, at
all times. access to and the right to copy
from the several books of registration OF the
voters of the parish of Orleans; shall be a,l-
thorized to apply to the Superior Criminal
Court for, and said court shall thereupon d.
rect to be issued, subppnas to secure the at
tendance of witnesses and the production OF
papers; and persons falling to obey such sub
punas may be punished for contempt. The
said commissioners shall have the power ana
/ are hereby required to administcr the following
/ oath ohll persons appearing before them as
, witnesses "You will we'll and truly answer
! all such questions as may be put to you
touching the qualifications Of one ---. to
, serve MS a Juror, so help you God" Any wiful
, and corrupt false swearing by any person be-
, fore said commissioners, or either Of them,
| shall be deemed wilful perjury and punished IN
the manner now prescribed by law for such Of
\ ense Each Of the names on said list, and on
all supplemental lists, shall be written out by
said clerk on separate slip OF paper, together
, with the place Of residence Of each person,
| aud the slip OF paper on which shall be
written the names and places OF residence rev
in u box, or wheel, to be kept for that pur-
{ pose by the sheriff of the criminal courts
= and fifteen days before the expiration OF
every month. in which the said Superior
said commissioners, together with said
sheriff. shall proceed to draw from said box
' or wheel, not less than forty-eight names
and the persons whose names shall be sc
Idrawn shall constitute the petit jury Tor the
month, or session of the court, succeeding
such drawing; provided that whenever II
becomes necessary to form Grand Jury by
the said Superior Criminal Court. 1t
shall be the duty OF the commission
, ers and sheriff to draw from said box
or wheel not less than seventy names
and out of the persons whose. names
shall be SO drawn and appearing In court
@ the Judge of said Superior Criminal Court
for the term Of three mouths, unless sooner
t. discharged by the court; the remainder OF tht
/. seventy drawn shall serve as the petit jurors
= for the ensuing month; and pronaded also
that In any case where a jury. has beer
selected and impaneled for the trial OF any
cause pending In said court, and II the same
be not concluded within the month, the Jury
so impaneed shall continue to serve unit
said cause is finally decided, or until mt other
n wise discharged by the court. The. grant
Jury drawn and selected as herein directet
shall be and constitute the grand jury for tn
q parish of Orleans. Drawings OF juries TO
IS the civil district courts of the parish Q
s. Orleans shall be made by the Board Q
!, Commissioners and the civil sheriff, in tn
q presence of the sheriff of the criminal courts
who shall, at all times, have the custody Q
the jury wheel or box. Drawings OF tn
- be made by the Board of Commissioners an
the sheriff of the criminal courts, In tn
same manner as herein directed for the Supe
rior Criminal Court and the number to o
drawn shall not be less than forty-eight. TIL
whole contents of the jury wheel or box ma
be made vacant whenever In the opinion OF
majority Of the Board of Jury Commission
ers it may he deemed advisable. That whe
said petit jury is SO drawn, and before. th
. trial of every case, it shall be the duty OF tn
H. criminal sheriff to place In box the name
Of the persons composing the said petit jur
ID and to draw therefrom by lot, and the orde
III in which the names shall be drawn shall /
We that IN which they shall be presented for In
s. parchment; and provided, also, in case Il
said panel should be exhausted, the names ,
81 81 the tales jurors drawn in conformity wit
AZ existing laws shall be placed by said Grim
nal sheriff in said box, and shall, by him,
- drawn in open court by lot, and that sal
: tales jurors shall be presented for impane
! ment In the same manner as herein provide
for the regular petit jury.
zY Sec. 4. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
'e all criminal trials, where two or more, d
PENDANTS are jointly on trial, each delendal