Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-05-03
|. all such persons as may then
be exempt from jury duty.

age.
3. All such persons as have since
their registration as voters, died, re-
moved from the county or become
disqualified for any cause.
1. All such persons as arc unfit for
jury duty.
a majority of said board shall de-
eide all such questions as may arise
under this section.
Such list shall DC prepared in pub
lie after giving written notice, posted
on the Court House door, of not less
than ten days Of the time and place
of preparing the same.
Section 2. That Section 2,237 of
the General Statues of 1882, now
Section 1916 Of the Revised Statu-
tcs, be amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
Section 2,376. That of tho list 80
prepared the board of Jury commits
sioncrs shall cause the names to be
written, each one on separate paper
o: ballot, and shall fold up the said
pieces Of paper or ballots so as to
resemble each other rs much as possi-
bic, and SO that the name written
thereon shall not be visible on the
outside, and shall place them, with
the said list, in a box to be furnished
to them by the board Of county com
mlssloncrs of their county for that
purpose, and it shall be the duty OF
the Clerk OF the Court of Common
Pleas to keep said jury box in his
custody. The jury box shall be
provided with three locks, each diff
fcrcnt The key to one lock shall
bc kept by the Clerk of Court of
Common Pleas, one by the auditor
and one by the treasurer, so that no
two OF said commissioners shall hold
the keys to the same lock. At the
same time they shall place in a spc-
clal apartment in the jury box the
names Of the one hundred and fifty
persons qualified by law to serve as
jurors, who reside within seven miles |
OF the Court House, from which shall
be drawn Jurors to supply deficiencies
arising from any cause or emergency
during the sitting of the Court
Provided, |, That in the county
OF ltichland the number of names
to bc placed in the separate apart
mcnts shall be two hundred and in
the county of Charleston five hun
drcd and in the counties OF George
town and Williamsburg scvcnty-fvc.
,, That in the county of Chester the
number of names to be placed in the
separate apartments shall be fifty, |
who reside within five miles of the |
Court House. ,, That in the county
OF Richland the names placed in the
tales box shall be in addition to and
exclusive of the number Of names re-
luircd by law to be placed in the
jury box. I, 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 OranGcburg. >, That the said
tales box for the counties of Able
willie and Greenwood which contain |
the names Of all persons on said list
who resides within five miles of the
Court House Provided further,
That III the counties OF Abbcvillc,
EdgcIicld, Lexington and Greenwood |
the jurors shall be drawn in the fol-
loving manner, TO wit
sub division |. That not less than
ten nor more than twenty days before
the first term Of the Court of the
General Sessions for each year the
board OF jury commissioners for each
OF said counties shall draw from said |
jury box the names OF twelve men,
and they, with the six men drawn by |
lot, rs provided by law, from the
grand jury Of the past year, shall
constitute the grand jury for that
year. II in making said drawing the |
board Of jury commissioners shall
draw out the name Of any man who
has attained the age of G5 years, who
IS exempt from jury duty, or who
has died, removed from the county,
or become disqualified for any cause,
such ballot shall be destroyed and |
such name struck from the jury list
and another name drawn, and so on
until the twelve are secured. The |
Clerk Of the Court Of Common Pleas
shall thcrcupon issue his writ of
vcnlrc Iacias for said grand Jurors,
requiring their attendance on the |
first day OF the said term Of Court
Of General Sessions, and said vcnirc |
facias shall be forthwith delivered
to the sheriff Of the county.
Subdivision 2. That not less
than ten nor more than twenty days
before the first day in each week Of