Year: 1868

meeting, order that all drafts for
Jurors therein shall be made in
+ open town meeting in which case
the drafts shall be made by the
Selectmen in the manner pre-
scribed in the two preceding Sec
tions, except that it shall be done
in town meeting. In such town
when a venire is served upon the
Selectmen, they shall cause a town
meeting to be notified and warned
for that purpose, in the manner
ordered by the town, or other
wise prescribed by law.


XVII. The meeting for drawing
Jurors, whether the draft is made
in town meeting or before the
Selectmen and Town Clerk only,
shall be held not less than seven,
nor more than fifteen days before
the, day when the jurors are re-
quired to attend.


XVIII. The Constable shall, at
least four days before the time
when the jurors are required to
attend, summon each person who
is drawn by reading to him the
rcnlre with the endorsement there
on OF his having been drawn, or
BY leaving at his place of abode a
Written notification of his having
been drawn, and Of the time and
place of the sitting of the Court
at which he is to attend, and shall
make return of the venire, with
his doings thereon, to the Clerk
before the opening or time of hol-
ding the Court from which it is
sued. .-.-


XIX. i list of jurors in cities
shall be prepared and posted there
in, by the Mayor and Aldermen,
in like manner as required Of &c.
lectmen ; and when posted for ten
days shall be submitted to, the
Mayor and Aldermen, who shall
have power to revise aud accept
the same. ...-
Xxx. The Mayor and Aldermen
and the Clerks Of each city shall
severally have and exercise all the
powers and duties with regard to
drawing, and all other matters re-
lating to jurors therein, which are
in this Act required to be per-
formed by the Selectmen and Town
Clerks Of their respective towns !;
and all veaires or jurors to be re-
turned from cities shall be served
on the Mayor and Aldermen.


/ XXI. On the day when the ju-
rors are summoned, to attend at
any Court, the Clerk shall prepare
list of their names arranged in
alphabetical order. The first twelve
on the list who are not excused,
shall be sworn and empannelcd as
a Jury for the trial Of causes, and
shall be called the first jury. The
next twelve Oh the list shall then
be sworn and empanneled in like
manner, and shall be called the
second jury.


XXI. Supernumerary jurors
may be excused from time to time
until wanted and may be put on
either of the juries, as occasion
requires, in the place of absentecs'
Nothing herein contained shall
, prevent the transferring Of jurors
from one jury to the other when
the convenience of the Court or of
the jurors require it.


XIII. Each jury after being
thus cmpanneled shall retire and
choose their foreman, or shall make
such choice upon retiring with the
first cause with which they are
charged and whenever the fore
man is absent or excused from fur.
ther service, new foreman shall
be chosen in like manner.


XIV. Nothing contained in
, the preceding sections shall apply
to the emyarneling of juries in
, criminal cases; but the jurors
; shall be called, sworn and EN-
panneled anew for the trial of each
case, according to the established
r practice, and their foreman shall
be appointed by the Court, or by
f jury when they retire to consider