Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-02-12

on the first day of the ensuing term
of tho Court of General Sessions, and
said writ of venire 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 twenty days after the approval
of this Act, such list may, neverthe-
less, be prepared and the grand
jurors drawn.
Section s. That not less than ten
nor more than twenty 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 pro-
ceed in like manner to draw thirty
six petit jurors, to serve for such
week only; Provided, that whenever
a jury shall be charged with case,
such jury shall not be discharged by
reason of anything in this section
contained until verdict shall be
found or mistrial ordered in such
case. Immediately after such petit
jurors are drawn the clerk of the
Court Of Common Pleas shall issue
his writ of venire facias for such
petit jurors, requiring their attend
ance on the first day of the week for
which they have been drawn, and
the said writ of venire facias shall be
forthwith delivered to the sheriff of
the county: Provided, that in case
any term of Court is to be held
within less than twenty days after
the approval of this Act, such petit
jurors may, nevertheless, be drawn
for such term of Court.
Section 6. That the said drawing
shall be made openly and publicly in
the office of the Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas, and the county
auditor, the county treasurer and the
clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
shall give ten days notice of each of
said drawings by posting in con-
spicuous place on the Court House
door, or by advertisement in county
newspaper, notice of the place, day
and hour of such drawing: Provided,
that in case any term of Court is to
be held within less than twenty days
after the approval of this Act, such
jurors may nevertheless, be drawn
without such notice.
Section 7. That all jurors shall be
selected by drawing ballots from the
said jury box, and, subject to the
exceptions hereinbefore contained,
the persons whose names are on the
ballots so drawn shall be returned to
serve as jurors.
Section s. That the names of
those who are drawn and actually
serve as Jurors shall be placed in an
envelope, and shall not be put back
into the said jury box, until the first
revision of the jury list herein pro-
vided for after they have been so
drawn, to the end that no. person
shall serve as a Juror more than once
in one year. The same rule shall be
observed as to drawing jurors from
the said tales box Provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be
construed to be in conflict with the
provisions of the law as to selecting
by lot from the grand jury six mem
bers thereof to ecrve for the ensuing
year.
Section 8. That nothing contained
in this Act shall prevent the clerk of
Court of Common Pleas from issuing
yenires for additional jurors in term
time upon the order of the Court,
whenever it is necessary for the con-
venient dispatch of it's business, in
which case venires shall be served
and returned, and Jurors required to
attend on such days as the Court
shall direct.
Section 10. That in drawing Jurors
from the said tales box the same
rules. shall be observed as in drawing
from said jury box, except that no
notice of such drawing shall be neces-
sary.
Section II. That no more than
thirty-six persons, to serve as petit
jurors, shall be drawn and summoned
to attend at one and the same time
at any Court, unless the Court shall
30 order.
Section IL. That the grand and
petit jurors drawn as hereinbefore
prescribed, from the said jury box,
shall be summoned by the sheriff, as
now provided by law, at least four
days before the time fixed iu the
venire for then to attend the sitting
of the Court, except when such term