The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-02-08
The JURY BOXES.
A CHANGE TO BE MADE THTs MONTH
IN SELE TING JURORS.
The Full Text of Recent Law Which Has
Been Passed Unobserved by the Public
Up to Date.


Been Passed Unobserved by the Public
Up to Date.
During the month the jury commits
sioners of every county in Georgia will
meet for the purpose f making very si1-
nifcant and notable changes in the sys-
tenn of electing jurors.
This work will be obedient to the COM
mands of law made by the last general
assembly. The bill was passed by both
houses of the legislature and approved
December 10, 1892.
But little has been said about its pro-
visions in the public prints, and it has
been passed almost unnoticed by the
county commissioners up to this time.
The time required for the change of the
system is during the month of February,
and hence the work is close at hand.
The chief object of the law is to con-
solidate the grand and traverse jury box
es of the several counties.
The jury commiss toners of Terrell
county, John Seay, A. j. Carver, w. c.
Paschal, j. w. Wooten, r. L. Melton
and j. w. Sears, will meet some time
during this month to revise the jury tox
OF this county under the provisions of
the new law. The day on which they
will meet has not yet been decided upon.
Here is the law as it was passed:
The general assembly of Georgia do
enact:
Section THAT section 1910 of the
present code of Georgia be amended by
striking out after the words ''grand jul
rors,' in the line next to the last. and by
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
'whose names they shall write upon
other tickets. The entire number first
selected, including those afterwards Sc
lected as grand jurors, shall constitute
the BODY of traverse jurors for the coun-
ty, to be drawn for service as now pro-
vided by law, except that when in draw
ing iures name shall be drawn as a
traverse Juror which has already been
drawn for the same term as grand ju-
rOr, such name shall be returned to the
0ox and another drawn in its stead, so
that said section as amended shall read
as follows: 1910 { commissioners in
each county in this safe ~ pointed by
the presiding judge of the superior
court, and constituting the jury commits
sions, shall revise the jury list and shall
select from the books of the tax receiver
upright and intelligent me-. to serve as
Jurors and shall write the names of the
persons so selectetlupon tickets, as re-
quired by law. It@shall De the duty of
said jury commissioners to select from
these sufficient number, not exceeding
two-ffths of the whole number, of the
most experit need, intelligent and upright
men to serve as grand jurors, whose
names they shall write upon other tick
cts. The entire number first selected,
including those afterwards selected as
grand jurors, shall constitute the body
of traverse jurors for the county to be
drawn for service as now provided by
law, except when in drawing juries a
name be drawn as a traverse juror which
has alredy been drawn for the same term
as a grand juror, such name shall be re-
turned to the box and another be drawn
in its stead"
Section 2-That in order to carry this
act into effect, it shall be the duty of the
Jury commissioners for each county in
this state to convene on the first Tues
day in February, 1898, or within thirty
days thereafter, and prepare and place in
the traverse jury box tickets containing
the names of all persons in the grand
jury box, the tickets containing the
names found in apartments numbered l
anG severally of the grand jury box
placed in the corresponding apartments
of the traverse jury box, and mixed with
the tickets already therein.
The third section of the law repeats
conflicting laws.