Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

! provisions of law regulating costs and
charges for the service of a summons in
a court Of record shall apply to and gov
! eTn the amount that may be charged for
! the service of such notice.
! Section 2. This act shall take effect
/ upon passage and publication
Approved June 6, 1913. Copy Law.
! No 37s, 81 Published June 9. 1913.
CHAPTER AL. LAWS OF 1913.
1928. 1851, 1852, $3.50. 1884 2535m and
! sections 2544a to 2544h, inclusive; to
consolidate, revise and amend sections
| 1924 and 2530, 25S3f and 1902; to con-
soidate and renunaber sections $780,
| 2541, 2542, 2543 and 2544 to be section
| 2S48m to amend sections 2546f, 2533a
| subsection l of section 2533b, sections
| 2546a, 4701 and 487S; to create section
4502m: to renumber and amend section
| 1858 to be section 4502m to renumber
| section 1868 to be section 4502o, of the
statutes, relating to jurors in courts of
record.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
| represented in Senate and Assembly.
do enact as follows:
Section /. Sections 1926. 2527, 252S
1881, 1882. 1888, 1884, 2535m and sections
2544a to 2544hs both inclusive. of the stat
Section g. Sections 1924 and $3.50 Of
the statutes are consolidated, revised and
amended to read: Section 1924. All citi-
zens of the United States who are quail
/ fed electors of this state, who are pos
| sessed Of their natural faculties, who are
not infirm Or decrepit, who are esteemed
in their communities as men of good char
acter, approved integrity and sound judg-
ment, and who are able to read and write
the English language understandingly,
shall be liable to be drawn as jurors, eX-
cept as otherwise provided in the stat
utes.
Section 8. Section 2533a of the statutes
is amended to read: Section 2533a. Petit
jurors for all circuit courts, the municipal
!
i the superior court Of Douglas county, and
for all other courts of exclusive
civil jurisdiction, except county courts,
shall be drawn and obtained as as
next following sections by three COM
missioners appointed in each county by
the circuit judge, except that in counties
where there is more than one court with
in this section such commissioners shall
be appointed by the joint action of all the
Judges of such courts. The persons so
appointed shall be freeholders of the coun-
ty and possess all the qualifications re-
Quired by section 1924 and shall
be known as jury commissioners. Their
duties shall be as hereinafter prescribed
Their terms shall be three years; but the
. judge or judges shall, in the first in
stance appoint one commissioner for one
! year, one for two, and one for three years;
and thereafter shall appoint one for each
year for three years from the first day or
| July. Vacancies shall be filled for the
may be removed by the judge or ma
jority of the judges appointing him, at
will Each commissioner shall, before
entering upon his duties take and sub
SCRIBE before the clerk Of the circuit court
of his county, an oath to support the con-
stitution of the United States and the
constitution Of this state, and faithfully to
discharge the duties of jury commits
sioner to the best of his ability. Such
! oath shall be certified by said clerk and
filed in his office. Two commissioners
shall constitute a quorum, ana each OF
! them shall, in all counties having popu-
lation Of twenty thousand or over, &C
| cording to the last federal or state cen
sus, receive three dollars for
| each day actually spent in official service,
and in counties having less population
! three dollars per day for time SO actually
spent and ten cents for each mile actu-
| ally travelled in attending any and all
meetings of the commissioners in the dis
| charge of their duties; such compensation
and mileage shall be paid by the county
| treasurer on the order of the clerk OF said
| court countersigned by the circuit Judge
Said clerk shall furnish at the expense of
| the county all books, postage stamps and
| stationery required by the commissioners.
| Commissioners already appointed by the
| circuit judge in counties having more than
one court and jurors selected by them
| shall continue to be commissioners and
| jurors respectively for all such courts I'M
| til others are appointed or selected.
! Section 4. Subsection L of section 2533b
of the statutes Is amended to read: (Sec-
| ton 2533b.) /. Such commissioners shall
| provide from time to time, as may be
! necessary one list of names to be drawn
| from the body of the county to serve as
| jurors in each of the courts specified IN
| the preceding section; and in making such
| lists, shall put thereon only the names of
| such persons as they believe to be pos
sessed of the qualifications prescribed in
section 1924. The number or
names to be placed on such list shall be
| determined by the judges of said several
| courts from time to time by order filed in
| the office of the clerk Of the circuit court
! Such lists shall be furnished by said COM
missioners to the clerks of the respective
courts, who shall write the names there
on separate slips of paper, each in the
| same manner as near as may be, and fold
each slip so that the name shall not be
| visible, and deposit said slips in box
! containing but one compartment, in the
| presence of said commissioners, from
which they shall be drawn in the following
| manner, viz:
| Section 5. Sections 2533f and 4502 of
| the statutes are consolidated, revised and
amended to read Section 1902. Any per-
son who shall ask or solicit any jury COM
missioner appointed pursuant to section
! 2533a of the statutes, or the sheriff or
| other officer to select him or any, other
person, or place his name or the name Of
! any other person on any list as a grand or
| petit juror in any court, and any Such
! jury commissioner or sheriff or other OF
! ficer who shall select such person or
| place his name upon any SUCH list upon
! such solicitation shall be punished by
| imprisonment in the county Jail not more
| than six months or by fine not exceed
| ing one hundred dollars
| Section 6. Section 2540, 2541, 2542,
/ 2543 and 2544 of the statutes are consol-
| idated and remembered to be section 284Sm
and revised and amended to read: Sec
i ton 2848m. l. At every term of the cir
! cult court the clerk shall place in a box
| having one compartment only the names
| Of all petit jurors in attendance who have
| been drawn and summoned according to
| law for service at such term, each name
| being written upon separate ballot The
! ballots shall be of the same size, as near
! ly as may be, Of the same kind and color
! of paper and be so folded that the name
on each shall not be visible.
| 2. When a jury issue is to be tried the
! clerk, under the direction of the court
shall openly draw out of said box, one at
a time, as many ballots as may be neces-
sary to secure jury. Before drawing
| each ballot he shall close and shake the
/ box so as to thoroughly mix the ballots
! and then draw out one without seeing
the name written thereon, through an
aperture in the box large enough only to
conveniently admit his hand
8. The jury may consist of any num-
/ her of persons less than twelve that the