Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-20
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The New jury Iaw-The Term of Service
Increased to Fourteen Days-Ahe

The New Jury Law-The Term of Service
Increased to Fourteen Days-Ihe
Jurors to be Recompensed.
The first and second sections Of the act
amending the City Court act approved
by the Governor on Tuesday,, referring
merely to the Judge and the method Of
paying his salary, are of no public inter-
est. The third section is as follows;
SEC. 3. And il is herebg further enacted =, 81
the authority II the same, That section o. tie
said above recited act be ana lhe SAINT -
hereby amended 80 that it shall reaa as , lol-
lows: THAT it shall be the duty OF the 1ISiA
Of the said City Court to prepare anu hie ~
his Office copies Of the Grand jury Ils' ann wv 70
traverse jury list Of the Superior court OF
Chatham county, as provided from tIiIc ~, ~
time for SUCH Superior Court, ana 'Ie peIsolis
whose names are on such lists shail De IespeC,
lively the grand jurors anu Silc - -
jurors Of the said City Court, anu BTdhu anu
trayerre jurors shall be drawn thefeiIOh III
the manner now provided Dy Ihe az 80 80
lating the selection of iuries for Guy courts Is,
approved December II, 1878, ana Ihe "o.s
and laws having especial reference 70
the city Of savannah, ana the IRA oisS
jurors of said City Court snall edCii
serve fourteen days unless sooner discharged
by the court, and shall each receive the sum
Of one dollar for each and every DAY actudI
service, to be provided for by the OVu I,aia
Commissioners of Chatham county, anu paiu
by the Treasurer of said county, IN inc same
manner and under the same rules lso lar s az
the same may be applicablel now proNlueu loI
paying jurors Of the superior court ol sdlu
county. And if any person who shail De suul-
mOned to appear as grand, or as !IaN els5 9
juror, shall fail TO appear at me llihS anu
place stated in his summons, the Clerk ol salu
City Court shall make out against anu the
Sheriff of said City Court, or his deputy; OF any
Bailiff or Constable in said county, shau serve
on such defaulting juror rule COMMANDING ntlg
him to show cause, if any he nave; before
SAID court, at such time, not less IMAM Yen
days from the serving of such RUE, rs the
Judge of said City Court shall dlfect, Why ne
should not be dealt with as for contempt OF
court; and If no satisfactory cause 10 lhe con-
trary is shown at such time the Judge may
impose upon him, if summoned as gran9
juror, a fine not to exceed forty dollars, ana
if summoned as a traverse Juror fine not to
exceed twenty dollars, or, in either case, I'M
prisonment, without labor, IN the common
Jail of said county for term not exceeding
ten days, either or both, in the dlscreJlon Oh
the court; and such defaulting juror shall, IN
addition, pay all the costs of such proceed
ings."
From this it will be seen that the term
of service is increased to fourteen days
instead of seven, because of the great in
crease in the volume of buslneSs-that
Jurors are to be paid one dollar day for
actual service, because being the same
Jurors, and doing the same work, as in the
Superior Court, they should be paid In the
same manner; and that the penalty for
not Obeving the summons is fine, or i'm
prisonment, or both, in the discretion of
the court This change was necessary
because, under the old law, many persons
owning no visible property in their own
names were in the habit of neglecting this
public duty, and there was no way OF
reaching such delinquents, and the neces-
sity of dong their work thus fell on those
who owned property, or were consclehtl-
Gus with reference to bearing their share
of the public burdens. 1t is estimated
that the enforcement of this law will near
ly double the number of effective jurors,
and so proportiOnately diminish the bur-
den of service on each.