Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-19
Approved March I, 1888.
AN ACT relating to jurors.
Be it enacted by the Legisls

AN ACT relating to jurors
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State Of
Minnesota:
Section l. 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 the court wherein drawn at the
time and place designated in the summons. A fail
ure TO so report upon the part OF any person duly
drawn and summoned to attend a grand or petit
juror at any general special of said court
shall constitute contempt Of the court upon the
part of the person so failing.
Sec. p On the first day of the term fixed for the
attendance of either the grand petit jurors or
soon thereafter as may be, the court shall ascertain
whether the persons summoned to attend at said
term as grand or petit jurors, the case may be-
have reported to the court for duty as required by
law. If the court shall ascertain that there is a
failure upon the part of any person persons duly
summoned as a juror jurors to report for
duty required by law, attachments shall at once
issue under the direction Of the court against the
person of the delinquent or delinquents,a The at
tachments issued as Eereinbefore 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 wit 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 or hereafter
may be exempted from jury duty by any law of
this State or OF the United States
Sec. 3. The court shall not excuse from service
upon either the grand or petit jury any person duly
drawn and summoned to serve thereon except upon
the ground that the person summoned and seek
ing 10 be excused is either physically mentally
serve as juror or 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 juror, if he be by the court for
any cause excused from such service shall be en-
tered by the clerk among the proceedings of the
court. and under the direction of the court the
clerk shall also make 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. >. The law in reference to contempts which
nOwis hereafter may be in force in so far as may
be necessary 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 summarily by the court
and each person found guilty of a contempt under
the provisions hereof shall be punished by fine in
sum not exceeding tive hundred dollars, or by i'm
prlsOnment IN the county jail for term not exceed
ing ninety DAYS or by both such fine and inprson-
ment in the discretion of the court
Sec z. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Approved March 2, 1853.