Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-28
ARE FOR A NEW JURY LAW.
Report of the Bar Committee Adopted
tIe ASSOcintiOn.

ny the NSsOc1at1on.
A second meeting of the Pottawattamie
Bar association held at the court house
yesterday morning for further consideration
of the proposed amendments to the Iowa
jury law. ..... ,a..
The report of the committee, as outlined
in The Bee yesterday, was adopted, and
the bill of Senator Pusey amended as sug-
gested by the report. The amended measure
will be forwarded to the Pottawattamie
county delegation, who will be urged to se-
cure its passage The changes in the
law recommended by the committee, are
as follows
court shall, on the first Monday of Novem-
son to 'aon Consist Of e' i've quaed electors in
each county in their district, and not more
than three Of whom shall belong to the
The They shall serve rye but one year, and shall
not be eligible to reappointment for the
They shall qualify by taking the oath ad-
ministered to % other county officers: lie5 ouo
than one place, the judge shall select. a
jury commission as above providing for
each dEiscn % of the eGnnty 60
shall meet on the first Tuesday in Decem-
Der of each year. and shall select from the
appear of record in the office of the county
auditor, on the poll books therein, a list
OF names as IOilOWS.
In counties of 10000 population or less
they shall select seventyfive names, from
which the grand jury ao for the ensuing year
shall be drawn and 300 names, from which
the trial juries for the ensuing year shall
be drawn.
In counties of more than 10000 popula-
tion 125 names shall be selected, from which
the grand jury shall be drawn, and 800
names, from which the trial juries shall
be drawn for said county.
The names shall be selected from all the
voting precincts in the county, and in pro-
portion to the total number of votes cast
at the last preceding election. as. shown by
the records I'm the office of the county
auditor; and in counties where court is
held In more than one place the names
shall be selected from the qualified electors
of the separate divisions of the county.
list of names, as above provided the COM
mission shall certify the same to the clerk
Of the district court. and from this list so
furnished to said clerk of the district court
the grand and trial juries shall be drawn
by the clerk, auditor and recorder, as now
provided by law
above provided, shall be S. per day for the
time actually employed I'm selecting the
list of names and the same mileage as
now provided for witnesses In the district
court to and from their home to the place
OF meeting of the commissioners which
shall be at the place of holding the district
court.
The said commissioners shall be paid upon
furnishing the county auditor with GER
tificate Of the clerk of the district court
as to the time actually employed by them
in the duties above described,
Substitute for section q AT the close
Of or at any time during the term of the
a certificate for each Juror of the amount
to which he is entitled for his services up
to that time, which certificate will authorize
the. county auditor to issue warrant to
each Juror for said amount to the county
treasurer without same being audited by
the board of supervisors.