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MI Comp L § 729.210 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 729 - Police Courts|Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217)|Section 729.210 - Slips Drawn; Replacement.

729.210 Slips drawn; replacement. Sec. 10.  All slips drawn, except those destroyed as hereinbefore provided, shall be replaced in the receptacle and returned to the box after the drawing of a jury panel has been completed and used with the names already in the box in the drawing of subsequent jury panels. History: 1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
MI Comp L § 729.211 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 729 - Police Courts|Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217)|Section 729.211 - Summoning of Jurors; Service.

729.211 Summoning of jurors; service. Sec. 11.  The clerk of said court shall issue under his hand and deliver to the bailiff of said court, or to a police officer of said city, a subpoena or venire for each juror who is a member of said panel, summoning him to appear for said trial. Said officer shall serve the same upon said persons either personally or by mailing the same by United States registered mail at least 3 days prior to the date set for said trial. History: 1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
MI Comp L § 729.212 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 729 - Police Courts|Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217)|Section 729.212 - Failure to Attend; Penalty.

729.212 Failure to attend; penalty. Sec. 12.  Any person so summoned as a juror, who shall fail to attend and to continue in attendance at said trial, unless excused by the judge of the police court, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100.00, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court trying the offender. History: 1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
MI Comp L § 729.213 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 729 - Police Courts|Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217)|Section 729.213 - Jury Panel Placed in Separate Receptacle; Drawing; Additional Names, Drawing; Summoning.

729.213 Jury panel placed in separate receptacle; drawing; additional names, drawing; summoning. Sec. 13.  The clerk shall write the name of each person so selected as a member of such jury panel on a separate slip of paper and place the same in a separate receptacle, so designed as to conceal the name, and place all such receptacles in a box to be kept for that purpose. Juries in all cases drawn in accordance with the provisions of this act shall consist of 6 persons, or less, if agreed to by both parties. At the opening of the trial, the clerk shall draw from said box 6 names and if any so drawn shall not be present or shall be excused, additional names shall be drawn until a jury is secured. If the panel shall be exhausted before the jury is secured the judge shall order such additional names as he may deem necessary drawn from the box provided for in section 6 hereof, in accordance with the procedure set forth in section 9 hereof, and the persons whose names are so drawn shall forthwith be summoned to appear, and the drawing of a jury continued in accordance with the provisions of this section until a jury is secured. History: 1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
MI Comp L § 729.214 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 729 - Police Courts|Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217)|Section 729.214 - Challenges.

729.214 Challenges. Sec. 14.  Any person drawn as a juror may be challenged for cause for the same reasons he could have been challenged for cause if drawn as a juror in a trial in the circuit court. The respondent and the prosecuting attorney in state cases, and the city attorney in city cases, shall each be entitled to 5 peremptory challenges, and no more. History: 1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
MI Comp L § 729.215 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 729 - Police Courts|Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217)|Section 729.215 - Instructions to Jury.

729.215 Instructions to jury. Sec. 15.  It shall be the duty of said judge of a police court to instruct the jury in all cases as to the law applicable to the case being tried by it, which instruction shall be received by the jury as the law of the case. History: 1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
MI Comp L § 729.216 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 729 - Police Courts|Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217)|Section 729.216 - Jury Service; Limitation.

729.216 Jury service; limitation. Sec. 16.  No person shall be required to serve as a juror in said court more than 4 times within any calendar year. A person who shall be upon the jury list provided in section 3 hereof shall not again be placed on said list for a period of 2 years. History: 1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
MI Comp L § 729.217 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 729 - Police Courts|Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217)|Section 729.217 - Fees.

729.217 Fees. Sec. 17.  Each police court juror shall be entitled to receive $8.00 for each day's actual attendance in court, and $4.00 for each 1/2 day of such attendance, to be paid by the clerk of the police court and accounted for to the proper city or county officials. History: 1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 219, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
MI Comp L § 730.251 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.251 - Terms for Trial of Jury Cases; Adoption of Law.

730.251 Terms for trial of jury cases; adoption of law. Sec. 1.  Any city may by charter or ordinance establish terms for the trial of jury cases in the justice court of such city, and may provide that jury cases may be set for trial upon 1 or more certain days of each month or as soon thereafter as such trial can be reached. Any city so providing for terms for the trial of jury cases and having a justice court clerk who acts as clerk for all of the justices of the peace in such city, may by an ordinance passed by a 3/4 vote of the legislative body of said city, adopt the provisions of this act as the method of the selection of jurors for the trial of jury cases. In such ordinance it shall not be necessary to embody the terms of this act but the same may be adopted by reference only. After this act has once been adopted, such adoption may be rescinded by an ordinance passed by a 3/4 vote of the legislative body of such city. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16497 ;-- CL 1948, 730.251
MI Comp L § 730.252 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.252 - Board of Jury Commissioners; Members.

730.252 Board of jury commissioners; members. Sec. 2.  A board of jury commissioners is hereby created for each city adopting the provisions hereof, which shall consist of the city treasurer, the city clerk and the city assessor, or if more than 1 city assessor then such one as shall be designated by a majority of the assessors. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16498 ;-- CL 1948, 730.252
MI Comp L § 730.253 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.253 - Jury Lists; Duty of Commissioners; Qualification and Term of Jurors.

730.253 Jury lists; duty of commissioners; qualification and term of jurors. Sec. 3.  The said board shall within 15 days after the adoption of this act in any city and during the month of November of every year thereafter, make and file with the clerk of the justice court a list of persons to serve for the succeeding calendar year as justice court jurors equal to 1 for each 200 inhabitants of the city, computed according to the last preceding census: Provided, That in no case shall it be necessary to file a list of more than 400 electors. If the names on such list shall be exhausted prior to the end of such calendar year, the justices of the peace shall order said board to make and file an additional list of persons to serve as jurors for the remainder of such year and it shall be the duty of said board to make and file such list. All persons selected for jury service by said board shall be qualified electors of the city and shall be drawn from the city at large and shall not be required to serve in any 1 year for a period of more than 1 jury term. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16499 ;-- CL 1948, 730.253
MI Comp L § 730.254 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.254 - Jury Lists; Qualifications of Persons Chosen.

730.254 Jury lists; qualifications of persons chosen. Sec. 4.  The said board in making such selection shall file the names of such only as are not exempt from serving on juries, who are in possession of their natural faculties, not infirm or decrepit, of good character, of approved integrity, of sound judgment, and well informed and conversant with the English language, and free from all legal exceptions, and who have not made, and in whose behalf there has not been made to the members of said board, any application to be selected and returned as jurors. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16500 ;-- CL 1948, 730.254
MI Comp L § 730.255 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.255 - Jury Lists; Persons Not to Be Chosen.

730.255 Jury lists; persons not to be chosen. Sec. 5.  In making such selection said board shall avoid, as far as practicable, selecting any of the persons who were actually drawn and who served as jurors on any regular justice court panel during the preceding year. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16501 ;-- CL 1948, 730.255
MI Comp L § 730.256 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.256 - Jury Lists; Duplicates, Filing; Duty of Clerk of Justice Court.

730.256 Jury lists; duplicates, filing; duty of clerk of justice court. Sec. 6.  Such list of jurors shall be made in duplicate and 1 copy filed in the office of the city clerk and the other copy filed in the office of the clerk of the justice court. Upon receiving and filing such list, the clerk of the justice court shall write down the names contained therein on separate pieces of paper, of the same size and appearance as nearly as may be, and shall fold up each of said pieces of paper so as to conceal the names thereon. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16502 ;-- CL 1948, 730.256
MI Comp L § 730.257 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.257 - Jurors; Term of Service.

730.257 Jurors; term of service. Sec. 7.  The persons whose names shall be returned as jurors shall serve as jurors for 1 year and until other lists shall be returned and filed. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16503 ;-- CL 1948, 730.257
MI Comp L § 730.258 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.258 - Drawing of Jurors; Time, Number.

730.258 Drawing of jurors; time, number. Sec. 8.  At least 10 days and not more than 20 days before the holding of any term for the trial of jury cases in the justice court in any such city, the clerk of the justice court shall draw the names of 10 persons and any additional number that may be ordered by the justices of the peace of the city. Additional jurors may be drawn from time to time to fill vacancies in the jury panel for any term of court upon the order of the justices of the peace. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16504 ;-- CL 1948, 730.258
MI Comp L § 730.259 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.259 - Drawing of Jurors; Justice and Chief of Police to Be Present; Adjournment.

730.259 Drawing of jurors; justice and chief of police to be present; adjournment. Sec. 9.  Such drawing shall be made in the presence of at least 1 of the justices of the peace and the chief of police, or in the event of his absence or inability to attend, then in the presence of the officer at the time being in command of the police department of the city. The clerk of the justice court shall notify the justices of the peace of said city and the chief of police, personally or by registered mail, of the time and place of making such drawing by depositing such notice in the United States mails at least 3 days prior to such drawing, enclosed in an envelope addressed to such persons at their respective addresses. If the persons required to be present at such drawing do not appear the clerk of the justice court may adjourn such drawing from time to time. It is hereby made the duty of the justices of the peace and the chief of police, or in his absence or inability, the commanding officer of the police department, to attend such drawing. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16505 ;-- CL 1948, 730.259
MI Comp L § 730.260 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.260 - Drawing of Jurors; Procedure, Record.

730.260 Drawing of jurors; procedure, record. Sec. 10.  The clerk of the justice court shall conduct such drawing as follows:  (a) He shall place in a box prepared for that purpose all of the names contained in the list of jurors returned by the board of jury commissioners, except the names of those persons who have been previously drawn on a jury panel during the current year, each name appearing upon a separate slip of paper as above provided. He shall then shake the box so as to mix the slips of paper upon which names were written, as much as possible.  (b) He shall publicly draw out of such box 1 slip of paper and hand the same to 1 of the attending justices of the peace, whose duty it shall be to keep a minute of the names drawn. When such justice shall have made a minute of the names so drawn, the clerk of the justice court shall proceed in the same manner to draw other names from said box until the required number of jurors has been selected.  (c) A minute of the drawing shall be kept by such attending justice of the peace in which shall be entered the name contained on every slip of paper so drawn before any other slip shall be drawn.  (d) If after drawing the required number of justice court jurors, the name of any person shall appear to have been drawn who is dead, insane, or who has permanently removed from the city, to the knowledge of the clerk of the justice court or any other attending officer, an entry of such fact shall be made in the minutes of the drawing and the slip of paper containing such name shall be destroyed. Another name shall then be drawn from the box in the manner above provided and entered in the minutes of the drawing. The same proceeding shall be had as often as may be necessary until the whole number of jurors required shall have been drawn.  (e) The minutes of the drawing shall then be signed by the clerk of the justice court and the attending justice of the peace and filed in the office of the clerk of the justice court. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16506 ;-- CL 1948, 730.260
MI Comp L § 730.261 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.261 - Venire Delivered to Constable; Notice to Jurors, Return.

730.261 Venire delivered to constable; notice to jurors, return. Sec. 11.  The clerk of the justice court shall deliver to 1 of the constables, or in their absence, to a deputy sheriff, a venire containing the names and places of residence of the several jurors and specify for what term of court said jurors were drawn. The constable or deputy sheriff to whom such venire shall have been delivered, shall serve a personal notice upon each of the persons whose names are contained in such venire by making out a written notice to each such person and enclosing the same in a sealed envelope addressed to such person at his last known place of residence, which written notice enclosed in said envelope and addressed to the person summoned, shall be sent to his last known place of residence by registered mail at least 5 days before the first day of the term of court for which he is to serve, with a demand in writing on said envelope for a return registry receipt. Said constable or deputy sheriff shall make and file a return with the clerk of the justice court at the opening of the term for which said jurors have been summoned, specifying to whom said notice has been sent and attaching to his said return the returned registry receipts demanded and received from the persons so summoned. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16507 ;-- CL 1948, 730.261
MI Comp L § 730.262 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.262 - Exemptions and Excuses From Jury Service.

730.262 Exemptions and excuses from jury service. Sec. 12.  All persons who are exempt from service on juries in the circuit courts of this state shall be exempt from service on juries in justice courts of cities adopting this act. Likewise all persons who are entitled to be excused from service on juries in circuit courts in this state shall be entitled to be excused from service as jurors in justice courts in cities adopting this act. In such cases the same proceedings shall be taken as in circuit courts. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16508 ;-- CL 1948, 730.262
MI Comp L § 730.263 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.263 - Compensation of Jurors and Constables.

730.263 Compensation of jurors and constables. Sec. 13.  Each justice court juror shall be entitled to receive $6.00 for each day's attendance, and $3.00 for each half day's attendance upon any term of justice court, to be paid out of the city treasury of the city on the certificate or order of the clerk of the justice court: Provided, There shall be deducted therefrom the amount of any certificate issued to such juror on account of services performed as a juror in a case brought for a violation of the criminal laws of the state. The constable, or deputy sheriff, summoning said jurors, shall be entitled to receive the sum of 50 cents for each summons so served, and the constable shall be entitled to $4.00 per day for each day's attendance and $2.00 for each half day's attendance upon the jury at any such jury term, to be paid out of the city treasury on the certificate or order of the clerk of the justice court. Any city may by ordinance increase the compensation of jurors and constables to a sum not exceeding $6.00 for each day's attendance and $3.00 for each half day's attendance. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16509 ;-- CL 1948, 730.263 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 247, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
MI Comp L § 730.264 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.264 - Demand for Jury Trial.

730.264 Demand for jury trial. Sec. 14.  When any cause shall become at issue, any party thereto shall be entitled to a jury trial by filing with the justice of the peace a demand for a jury, and in case said cause be a civil action, by depositing with the clerk of the justice court the sum of 12 dollars, which sum shall be taxed as costs if the party depositing the same shall prevail on the trial of said cause; and said sum will be returned to the person depositing the same if said cause shall be disposed of without a trial thereof by a jury. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16510 ;-- CL 1948, 730.264
MI Comp L § 730.265 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.265 - Trial of Jury Cases; Discharge of Jurors.

730.265 Trial of jury cases; discharge of jurors. Sec. 15.  At each jury term all jury cases set for trial at said term shall be tried in the order in which they become at issue unless for good cause shown a continuance shall be granted until the next term of court or until a subsequent date during the same term. The jurors impaneled for such term shall be discharged from further attendance as jurors when all cases ready for trial shall have been disposed of, and all cases not ready for trial shall stand adjourned until the next succeeding jury term of court unless otherwise disposed of. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16511 ;-- CL 1948, 730.265
MI Comp L § 730.266 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.266 - Justice May Order Jury Impaneled.

730.266 Justice may order jury impaneled. Sec. 16.  Nothing in this act contained shall prevent any justice of the peace, when no jury is in attendance, in his discretion and in order to avoid hardship, from delay, from ordering a jury impaneled in accordance with the method provided by law to secure a jury in trials before justices of the peace in townships. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16512 ;-- CL 1948, 730.266
MI Comp L § 730.267 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271)|Section 730.267 - Drawing of Jury; Challenges.

730.267 Drawing of jury; challenges. Sec. 17.  As the cases shall be called for trial during each jury term, each jury shall consist of 6 persons and shall be drawn from the list of jurors impaneled for the term in the manner provided by the general laws of the state for drawing juries in the circuit court, as near as may be, and no person so drawn shall be excused from serving except for causes recognized in the trial of cases in the circuit court; except that the plaintiff and defendant in each civil action may respectively challenge peremptorily not more than 2 jurors, and in each criminal action and action for violation of ordinances, the attorney representing the people may challenge peremptorily not more than 2 jurors and the defendant may challenge peremptorily not more than 4 jurors. No jurors shall be disqualified by reason of having sat as juror on any number of cases during any 1 term for the trial of jury cases. History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16513 ;-- CL 1948, 730.267