The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-16

shall be required to hold court III tle North ern Division" of said court once during each month. except during the months of February, May, September and November. commencing on the third Monday in each month; provided, that he shall not be required to hold court longer than two weeks during any one month. And, provided. further. that no jury terms of said court shall be held in the Northern Division" of said court, but shall be held at the court house, in the town of Linden and all cases arising or brought in the Northern Division" of said court, wherein jury trials are required or demanded, shall be tried by jury at the said court house in the town of Linden; but nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to prevent settling of all pleadings and the mak- ing up of the issues in cases arising or brought in the Northern Division" of said court at Demopois, wherein jury trials are required or demanded.
 Sec. 13. That there shall be a grand jury for each term of said court, which shall be impannelled on the first Monday in September, and on the first Monday in February of each year, and shall continue in session until the business coming before 1t shall be ds-
 
 have power and authority, and it shall be their duty to investigate all matters and make all recommendations which grand juries of the Circuit Courts have authority to do or make. The judge of said court shall have authority whenever he shall deem 1t expedient, after any grand jury has been dis charged, and before the summoning of the next succeeding grand jury to be caused to be entered on the minutes an order requiring the sheriff to resum- mon the persons who have last served as grand jurors in said court, which order the sheriff must immediately execute and the persons summoned must attend and serve as grand jurors, and from the persons so attending, with such others as may be necessary to supply any deficiency (to be sum- moned and drawn as in other eases) a special grand jury must be organized, sworn and charged as in other cases, and it shall be the duty of such special grand jury to investigate such of lenses as may be brought to their at tention and proceed thereon as the regular grand jury There shall be petit jurors for the trial of causes in said court,s who shall be drawn, sum moned and .impannelled in the same manner as Is now, or may be hereafter, provided by law for drawing and im- panneling petit jurors for the Circuit Court of Marengo County; and venires for grand and petit jurors shall be is- sued not less than twenty days be- fore the day upon which said jurors are drawn to serve, and in the same manner as they are issued in and for said Circuit Court of Marengo County. And the judge of said Marengo Law and Equity Court shall have the same power and authority as the judge of the Circuit Court to order special ven tres. and to summon, swear and im- panel tales jurors; provided, that the judge of said Marengo Law and Equity Court shall have the power and au- thority to direct for what week or weeks of the term petit jurors shall be summoned, and direct which of the jury weeks of any term shall be devoted to the trial of civil. and which to the trial of criminal cases, and may direct any jury case to be heard during any week of said court. And, whenever any trial is commenced before a jury, and cannot be completed during the week in which the same was com menced then such trial shall be con- tinued into the next week, and until the case Is ended provided, the juries for the trial or capital cases shall be drawn, summoned and impannelled, as is now, or may hereafter be. provided for by law for drawing. summoning and impannelling juries for the trial of capital cases In the Circuit Court of Marengo County. All laws relating to the qualifications. competency, ex- emptions, objections to, challenging, drawing summoning, organizing, swear ing and arranging of grand and petit Juries talesmen, special petit juries in capital cases, and special grand and petit juries and regular juries at special terms, and all laws relating to indictments, excusing jurors, objections to jurors, grand and petit juries, and to the organization of grand and petit juries, and to proceedings against de- faulting jurors, applying to the Cir cult Court of Marengo County, shall apply to this said court as far as prac- ticabe and not In conflict with the provisions of this Act. The Board of Jury Commissioners of Marengo Coun- ty Is hereby made the Jury Commis- sion for this said court and said Board of Jury Commissioners are nearby re- quired, and 1t is hereby made their duty, to draw the necessary grand and petit juries, for this said court, as is herein provided for, and to do and per form all things necessary and proper
 
 said court, except as is now or may hereafter be otherwise provided by law. There shall be at least two grand and petit jury terms of said court, the first to begin on the first Monday in February of each year, and may con- tinue four weeks; and the second shall begin on the first Monday in September of each year, and may continue four weeks; provided, that the first grand and petit jury term of said court shall be held on the first Monday in Octo- Der, 1909, and may continue four weeks. And it shall be the duty of the Jury Commission, charged with drawing juries for this said court, to meet at the court house in Linden on the first Monday in January, and on the first Monday in August of each year, and draw the necessary grand and petit juries for the jury term of said court next following the day on which meeting is had, that is to say: At the meeting to be held in January, the juries for the jury term to be held in the February following shall be drawn: and at the meeting to be held In August, the juries for the jury term to be held in September fol- lowing shall be drawn; provided, that the first meeting of said Jury Com mission for the purpose of drawing juries for said court shall be held on the first Monday in September, 1909. at which time the grand and petit jurors for the jury term to be held in Octo- Der, 1909, shall be drawn. But noth- ing herein contained shall prevent the judge of said court from holding spe- cial jury terms of said court, or pre- vent said judge from dispensing with juries drawn for any regular term of