The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-12

| LOUIS A. WILTz,
| Governor OF the State OF Louisiana.
| true copy.
| WILL A. STRONG,
Secretary Of State.
/ No gs.I AN Att
| To organize the Criminal District Court OF
| the parish OF Orleans as established by
article 1870 OF the constitution of the State
| to create Board of Jury Commissioners
for the parish Of Orleans; providing for
| the appointment of the same and the fill
Ing OF vacancies therein; fixing the num-
| ber of the board: defining its duties. pow
ers and compensation. providing for the
manner of drawing and selecting and em-
paneiing grand. petit and tales jurors for
the parish of Orleans; providing for the
division of the Criminal District Court for
the parish Of Orleans into sections; provid-
Ing for an annual vacation for each OF the
Judges of said court; providing for the
transfer Of causes pending In the Superior
Criminal and the First District Courts for
the parish OF Orleans to the Criminal Dis
trtet Court for said parish; providing for
the appointment of shorthand reporter
for the Criminal District Court for the
parish of Orleans and fixing his salary,
and 10 repeal all laws and parts of laws In
conflict herewith.
SECTION |. BE it enacted hg the General A g.
| aernblu of the State Of Louisiana, That there
shall be, in the parish OF Orleans, board of
Jury commissioners U0lnpDSAt bt hnEtB TPHlS-
tered voters, residing In the parish Of Or
leans, the acts of two OF them to be as valid
and binding as II performed by all.
SEQ 2. Be IL further enacted, etc, That Inn
| mediately after the organization of the Grim
inal District Court for the parish Of Orleans
the Governor shall appoint, from the regis
tered voters of the parish of Orleans, three
persons. to be removable at his pleasure, who
| ehall constitute the board OF jury commis-
| sioners. Each OF the said commissioners
I,4A. t.,tIp
| per anndm, payable quarterly, by the city
| Of New Orleans and In case, from absence
or from inability to act, there should be no
| quorum of said board of jury commissioners.
| the Governor shall fill such temporary va
oanoy or vacancies by the appointment OF u
commissioner or commissioners, who shall
have full power TO do and perform all acts
appertalning to the Office of jury commits
sioner. The said commissioners ahall select,
at large impartially from the citizens of the
parish of Orleans, having the qualifications
requisite to register as voters, the names Of
not less than one thousand persons compe-
tent to serve as jurors, n list Of whose names
shall be made out aud returned certified, un-
District Court of the parish of Orleans.
ee said ii list % shall be kept " complete, and
supplemented, from time to time before
each drawing. and no drawing ahall be made
from list of less than one thousand such
names and. In order to the proper prep
aration of such lists and supplemental lists,
and to the selection by said commissioners OF
none but good and com petent jurors tprortded
that no person shall be compelled to serve as
juror oftener than once In two years In the
district courts of the parish of Orleans) the
said ommissioners shall have, at all times,
access to and the right to copy from the sew
eral books OF registration of the parish OF
Orleans, and shall have authority to apply to
the Criminal District COURT for aud said
court shall thereupon direct to be issued, SUBJ
pcnnas to secure the attendance OF witnesses
and the production of papers before said
board of Jury commissioners, and persons
failing to obey such subpnuas may be pun
ished for contempt. The said commission
ers shall have power and are hereby required
to administer the following oath to all per-
sons appearing before them:
You will well and truly answer such qles-
tions as may be put to you touching the quail
illcatons of one - to eerve as Juror
SO help you God"
Any wilful and corrupt false swearing by
any person before said commissioners, or
either of them, shall be deemed wilful per-
jury, and punished In the manner now pre-
scribed by law for such otfense. Each OF the
names SO selected on said list and on all sup
Elemental lists shall be written out by said
clerk on separate slip of paper, together
with the place OF residence OF each person,
and the slips of paper on which shall be
written the names and places OF residence OF
the persons on the said lists shall be placed
In o box or wheel to be kept for that purpose
by the criminal sheriff of the parish OF Or
leans; and fifteen days before the expiration
of every month in which said Criminal Dis
trict Court shall hold its session the said
commissioners, together with the said sheriff,
shall draw from said box or wheel
the number. OF names, not less than
one hundred, ordered to be drawn by
either of the judges Of the Criminal District
Court, and the persons whose names shall be
so drawn shall constitute the petit jury for
the month or session of the court succeeding
such drawing, except Ia cases where it may
be necessary to select grand jury for the
parish OF Orleans, In which case the persons
to compose the grand jury shall be first go
lected from the whole Ueaare returned into
court, and the remaining persons shall CON-
pose the petit jurors for the month; pToUided,
that In any case where jury has been se-
lected and empaneled for the trial OF any
cause pending In said court, Ii the same be
not concluded within the month, the jury so
empaneed shall continue to serve until
said cause is finally decided, or until other
wise discharged by the court.
SEC Be 1t further enacted. etc. That the
grand jury Tor the parish of Orleans shall
CONSIST or sixteen persons, twelve OF whom
snalt constitute quorum. 1t shall serve
py the court. Each judge of the Criminal
District Court shall, alternately, have entire
control OF the grand jury for the parish Of
orleans, both as TO its selection and instruc
tlon. In case OF inability to act, from sick
ness or other cause, on the part of the Judge
to whose turn the care of the grand jury
may devolve, the other Judge of the Crimi-
nal District Court shall assume charge.
The judge whose commission is for the
longer term shall have the selection and
direction of the fist grand jury organized
under this act.
SEC. 4. Be ii farther enacted, etc. That
drawings OF iui les for the civil district courts
Of the parish of Orleans shall be made by the
Board of Jury Commissioners and the Civil
Sheriff of the parish Of Orleans In the pres
ence of the criminal sheriff of the parish of
Orleans, who shall at all times have the GUS
tody OF the jury wheel or box. The jury
wheel or box shall be emptied of it's contents
and refilled with other names, whenever so
ordered by either OF the judges OF the Criml-
nal District Court.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted. etc, That
whenever petit Jury for the Criminal Dis