The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09

they shall llreceive the pay now allowed
comfy commissioners and township
commissioners when acting as assess
ors of property. and have the powers
and duties which are now devo!ved
upon such boards
Sec. 6. That sections / and 2
of an act approved 9th March, 1896.
entitled can act to amend sections
1915, 1916 and 2402 of volume /,
revised statutes of 1893" be, and the
same are hereby, repealed
Sec. I. That article / of chapter
XGIV, revised statutes of South Car
olina, of 1893. entitled .jury com
missioners.' be, and the same are
hereby. reenacsed and made of force
IN words as follows:
Section 1913. The county auditor,
the county treasurevand the clerk of
the cour. of common pleas and gen
eral sessions Of each county shall
constitute the, board of jury commits
sioners for their respective counties
Section 2374. That the said coun-
ty auditor, county treasurer and clerk
of the court of common pleas and
general sessions shall perform the da
ties required of them as jury commits
sioners without compensation
Section 2375 The board of jury
commissioners OF each county, shall
once in every year, during the month
of January. prepare list Of such
inhabitants of their respective coun-
ties. not absolutely exempt, as they
may think well qualified to serve as
jurors. of good moral characters, of
sound judgment, and free from all
legal exceptions, which list shall in
cludc not less than one from every
twenty voters, nor more than one
from every ten voters, of their re-
spective counties, to be selected
without regard to whether such per-
sons live within seven miles or more
than seven miles from the court
house except that in the counties Of
sAbbeville, Spartanburg, Beaufort. Col
Teton. Union and Orangeborg, the
said list shall be prepared during the
month of December provided, that
in the county cf Charleston the num-
Der Of names to be placed on the list
of inhabitants heretofore required
shall not be less than 1000, the
name of each of which persons shall
be placed in the jury box for the
said county in the manner provided
for in the first paragraph of the sec
ton next hereafter ensuing
Section 2376. OF the list so pre-
pared the board of jury commission
ers shall cause the names 20 be writ
ten, each one on a separate paper
or ballot, and shall fo,d up said
pieces of paper or ballots SO as to re
sembie each other as much as posi-
Bile, 60 that the name written thereon
shall not be visible on the outside.
and shall place them in box to be
furnished them by the county board
of commissioners of their county for
that purpose and it shall be the
duty of the clerk of court to keep
said jury box in his custody. The
jury box shaIl be provided with three
locks, each different The key to
one lock shall be kept BY the clerk of
court, one by the auditor aud one by
the treasurer, 50 that no two Of said
commissioners shall hold keys to the
same lock
Atahe sane time they shall place
in special apartment in the jury box
the names of $50 persons, qualified
by law to serve as jurors. who reside
within seven miles of tho court
house, from which shall be drawn
Jorors to supply deficiencies arising
from any cause or emergency during
the sitting of the court Provided
1. That in the county of Richland
the number of names to be placed in
the separate apartments shall be 200.
and in the county of Charleston 500,
and in the counties of Georgetow D
and Williamsburg Is 2. That IN
tie county of Chester the number to
be placed in the separate apartments
shalt be so, who reside within five
miles Of the court house. 3 That
in the counties of Richland and Or
angeburg the names placed in the
tales box shall be in addition to and
exclusive of the number of names
required by law to be placed in the
jury box 4. That the names of per
sons liable to jury duty and living
within seven miles of the court house
may be placed both in the regular
jury box and the tales box, except
in the counties of Richland and Or
angeburg
Sec 8 That the juries to be list
ed and drawn during the months of
December, A D 1898, and January.
1899. as provided for in this act. shall