The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-02-07
THE JURY BOXES.
a Change to BE Made This Month In Sc
1ectin. Jurors.


1ectin. Jurors.
Next Tuesday the county commissioners
of every county in Georgia will meet for
the purpose OF making very Significant ana
notable changes in the system OF selecting
jurors.
This work will be obedient to the COM
mands of IL 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 prOvls-
ions Ill the public prints, and it has been
passed almost unnotced by the county
commissioners up to this time. The time
required for the change of the system is
the first Tuesday in February, 1888. which
is next Tuesday. and hence the work is
right at hand
The chief object of the law is to CONSOLE
date the grand and traverse jury boxes Of
the several COUNTIES.
1t will be of interest to the county conf
mssl0nGrs of the state to see the text OF
the law. since the published reports Of the
acts have not yet been sent out. Here Is
the law as 1t was passed:
The general assembly of Georgia do ell
act:
Section THAT section 1910 of the pres
ent code of Georgia be amended by striking
out all after the words grand Jurors III
the line next to the last and by inserting
in lieu thereof the following: whose names
they shall write upon other tickets. Ihe
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 now
provided by law, except that Whcn in
drawing jurcS. Il name snail be drawn as
a traverse juror which has already been
drawn for the same term as a grand juror,
such name Shall be returned to the box and
ilnt han in <.in thut enid
section as amended shall read as follows:
$40 td) commissioners i'll each county in
this state appointed b. the presiding judge
of the superior court. and constituting the
jury commissioners, shall revise the lu!y
list and shall select from the books of the
TAX receiver upright and intelligent men to
serve as jurors and shall write the names
of the persons so selected upon tickets, as
required by law. 1t shall be the duty of
said jury commissioners to select from these
Il sufficient NUMBER, not eZceetlug tWO-iltti1S
of the whole number. of the most eXpc
rienced intelligent and upright men to
serve as grand jurors. whose names they
shall write upon other tickets. The entire
number first selected including those after
wards selected as grand Jurors, shall CON
stitute the body of traverse jurors for the
county 10 be- drawn for service rs now pro
videG by law. except that when in drawing
jurieS Il name shall be drawn as Il traverse
juror which has already been drawn for
the same term as GHand juror, such name
shah be returned To the box and another
be drawn in It's stead. V
Section 2-Ihat 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 Tuesday iii Tcbru-
AIRY, 1893, or within thirty days thereafter
and prenare and place in the traverse jury
box tickets containing tie names OF all per
sons in the grand Jury box, the tickets con-
tanning the names found in apartments mum
bored | and : Scycrally 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 con-
tlicting laWS.