Morris tribune., 1883-05-30

AN ACT relating to jurors.
Be it enacted BY the Legislature Of the State
Minnesota:

| AN ACT relating to jurors.
Be it enacted BY the Legislature Of the State Of
Minnesota:
Section !. All grand and petit jurors drawn and
summoned to attend and serve at any and all gene
raj and special terms Of the district courts OF this
State shall report to the court wherein drawn at the
time and place designated in the summons. 4 fail
to so report upon The part OF any person duly
drawn and summoned to attend as grand or petit
Juror at any general or special term Of said court
shall constitute contempt Of the court upon the
part of the person so failing.
Sec 2. On the first day of the term fixed for the
attendance of either the grand or petit jurors
soon thereafter as may be- the court shall ascertain
whether the persons summoned to attend at SAID
term as grand petit jurors, as the may be,
have reported to the court for duty required by
law. If the court shall ascertain that there is a
failure upon the part Of any person or persons duly
summoned as a juror or as jurors TO report for
duty as required by law, attachments shall at once
issue under the direction of the court against the
person Of the delinquent or delinquents. The at
tachments issued hereinbefore provided shall be
served by the sheriff his deputy, and the person
named therein shall be forthwith arrested and
brought before the court then to be dealt witt ac-
cording to law: provided, that this act shall not
be construed to render liable to jury duty any per-
son or class Of persons who now are or hereafter
may bs exempted from jury duty by any law of
this Stale OF the United States.
Sec. 8. The court shall not excuse from service
upon either the grand petit jury any person duly
drawn and summoned to serve thereon except upon
the ground that the person so summoned and seek
ing to be excused is either physically or mentally
or serve as juror, by reason OF serious sickness
of some immediate member of the family of the
person so summoned.
Sec. 4. The name of each person drawn and sum-
moned to serve as juror, if he be by the for
any cause excused from such SERVICE shall be
tered by the clerk among the proceedings of the
court, and under the direction of the court the
clerk shall also make an entry of the grounds upon
which the excuse is based, and the record, when so
much of [made upl shall be preserved and open to
inspection by all persons.
Sec. 5. The law in reference to contempts which
nowis or hereafter may be IN force in far may
be necessary TO carry this act into effect shall apply
equally to contempts committed under the provis-
ions of this act.
Sec. 6. Persons charged with contempt Of court
under the provisions of this act shall be dealt with
and their cases disposed of summariy by the court,
and each person found guilty of a contempt under
the provisions hereof shall be punished by fine in
SUM not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by inn
prisonment in the county jail for term not exceed
irg ninety DAYS by both such fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion ofthe court
Sec z. This act shall take effect and be In force
from and after its passage
Approved March 2, 1883.