The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-02-12
The Fall Text Of a Measure of Inter
est to Each County.
HOW JURORS MUST Be DRAWN.
Details ofthe Scheme Prepared 20
Avoid the Notation OF the Com
stitution OF the State. An
important Measure.


agrees to these, the bill will become a
law. 1t is a measure that is Of special
interest to every county in the State.
Section l. That the county audi
tor, the county treasurer and the clerk
Of the court Of common pleas Of each
county in this State shall perform the
duties hereinafter set forth.
Sec. >. That the said county audi"
tor. county treasurer and clerk Of the
court of common pleas Of each county
shall Immediately after the passage
Of this act, and thereafter in the
month Of December Of this and each
succeeding year, prepare list of such
qualified electors, under the provisions
Of the constitution, between the ages
Of q and IS years and Of good moral
character, Of their respective counties,
as they may deem otherwise we'll quail
itied to serve as jurors, being persons
of sound Judgment and free from all
legal exceptions, which list shall in
clude not less than one from every
three of such qualified electors under
the provisions Of the constitution. be-
tween the ages of y and IS years.
and Of good moral character, to be Sc
lected without regard to whether such
persons live within five miles or more
than five miles from the court house.
Sec. 8. That of the list so prepared
the county auditor, county treasurer
and clerk Of the court Of common
pleas, shall cause the names to be
written, each one on separate paper
or ballot so as to resemble each other
as much as possible and so folded that
the name written thereon shall not be
visible on the outside, and shall place
them, with the said list, in a strong
and substantial box, without apper-
lures or openings when closed Ito be
known as the Jury box ITO be furnished
to them by the county supervisor OF
their county for that purpose, and OF
such size and shape as that, when such
separate papers or ballots shall have
been folded and placed therein as above
required, they may be easily shaken
up and about and we'll mixed therein,
and it shall be the duty Of the clerk Of
the court to keep said jury box in his
custody. The said jury box shall be
kept securely locked with three sepa-
rate and strong locks, each lock being
different and distinct from the other
two and requiring one key peculiar to
itself in order to be unlocked, and the
key to one Of said three locks shall be
kept by the county auditor himself,
the key to another Of said three locks
by the county treasurer himself, and
the key to the third of said locks by
the clerk Of the court Of common pleas
himself, so that no two Of them shall
keep similar key or keys to the same
lock, and so that all three Of them
must be present together at the same
time and place in order to lock or un-
lock and open the said jury box. At
the same time they shall place in a
special apartment in the said jury box
(which special apartment shall be
known as the tales box'l the names
Of not less than 100 nor more than 400
Of such Of the persons whose names
appear on said list as reside within
five miles Of the court house, from
which tales box shall be drawn jurors
to supply Deficiencies arising from any
cause or emergency during the sitting
Of the court. The names Of persons
placed in said tales box shall be also
placed in the said jury box.
Sec. +. That not less than ten nor
more than twenty days before any reg
ular or special term Of the court of
general sessions for the present year
the county auditor, the county treas
urer and the clerk of the court of COM
mon pleas of each Of the counties in
this State shall draw from said jury
box Is ballots containing the names Of
Is persons, who shall constitute the
grand jury for the present year. If
there shall be drawn from said jury
box ballot containing the name OF
any person not between the ages Of 2I
and IS years, OR not Of good moral
character. or who has died, or who has
removed from the county or is other
wise disqualified to serve as juror.
such ballot shall be destroyed and
such name struck from the said list
and another ballot drawn; and so on
until the eighteen are secured. Not
less than ten nor more than twenty
days before the first term Of the court
OF general sessions for each year after
the present year, the county auditor.
the County treasurer and the clerk OF
the court OF common pleas Of each OF
said counties shall in like manner draw
from the said jury box twelve ballots
containing the names Of twelve per-
sons, who with the six persons drawn
by lot (as provided by law from the
grand jury Of the next preceding year,
shall constitute the grand jury for that
year. When said grand jurors are
drawn as foresaid, the clerk Of the court
Of common pleas shall issue his writ
Of Tenire facias for them, requiring
their attendance on the first day Of the
ensuing term Of the court OF general
sessions, said writ 7enire facias shall
be forthwith delivered to the sheriff
OF the county: Provided, That in
case any term Of the court Of general
sessions is to be held within less than
20 Gays after the approval OF this act
such list may, nevertheless, be pre-
pared and the grand jurors drawn.
Sec. 5. That not less than 10 nor
more than 20 days before the first day
Of each week Of any regular or special
term OF the circuit courts the said
county auditor, the county treasurer
and the clerk Of the court of common
pleas shall proceed in like manner to
draw 36 petit jurors, to serve for such
week only: Provided: That whenever
a jury shall be charged with a case,
such jury shall not be discharged by