Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-04-22

Ine 4tll, 9TH ana 9th Wall be devoted
to the naturalization Of f0reign-born
people; the clerk Of court having nott-
fed certain applicants to appear on
certain days, so that more people
would not be present on the first day
than could be put through the citizen
ship mill.
During the first week of the term
any court cases on the calendar ceases
tried before the judge without a jury)
will be taken up.
1t is possible that the term may
cover . period Of ten days or two
weeks, although 1t has been the ex-
perience In the past that many liti-
gants, when they find themselves bang
up against Law fight. gravitate
toward one another and the matter Ia
settled out Of court.
The method prescribed by law for
the drawing Of grand and petit jurors
may not be generally known. We
therefore give . brief outline Of the
law prescribing the furnishing of .
list to the clerk, the drawing, etc:
The clerk Of the district court, except
between jury drawing and the next
meeting Of the board Of county COM
missioners, must have the names Of 200
qualified electors Of the county In the
jury box. Within three days after he
receives the order Of the district Judge
to draw jury, the clerk, the auditor,
the treasurer and the sheriff, or q ma
jority OF them, must assemble and
draw the jury. Where q grand jury
has been called, the first names drawn
from the box, to the number named
in the Judges order, shall serve as
grand jurors. Then the names Of the
petit jurors to the number ordered
by the Judge are drawn. Agrand jury
shall consist ofnot more than twenty
three or less than sixteen persons.
The grand jury may not remain in
session more than ten daysat any term
Of court, except as the Judge Of said
court may in his discretion, by written
order filed with the clerk OF said court,
continue the session OF said grand jury
to such further term as he may deem
necessary" Sundays and legal holi-
days do not count in the ten days. The
clerk, after the jury drawing and be-
fore the next meeting Of the board Of
county commissioners, shall prepare
tor presentation to the board at that
meeting . requisition for names Of .
sufficient number Of persons to take
the place Of the names drawn for jury
duty, and to again cause the box to
contain the statutory number of two
hundred names. No one can be SO Sc
lected for jury duty until all other
qualified persons in the county shall
have served in rotation. In the early
days, when there we're fewer people in
the county, 1t was frequently necessary
for the commissioners to again fur
nish the clerk with all or part Of the
names Of those who had just served on
the jury, to be again placed tn the
box. But man who has served on q
jury in the same court within year
from the first day of the term being
held is not qualified to serve as .
juror. On account Of the large number
Of people in the county who do not
understand English ''as spoken in the
courts" there has always been only .
part OF the citizenship Of the county
from which to draw juries, as 1t would
be foolish proceeding to put . man
to the trouble and the county to the
expense OF ordering him to the county
seat IL it was known that he would at
once be excused on account ofnot know
ing English. However, Is most Of the
young men OF the county who have
foreign-born parents understand Eng
lish and the boys are learning It at
school, the number from which Jurors
can be drawn is increasing relatively
taste. than the increase IN population.