Year: 1862

SNSH'pe ii'ih July ou'y, az" ,'~''
names shall not be placed in the lists
aforesaid.


SEC. 2. And Be 1t further enacted, That
the names selected from said lists
shall be written on separate and sim
liar pieces of paper, which shall be
so folded or rolled up that the names
cannot be seen, and placed in box,
to be provided by the register and
clerks aforesaid, which box shall be
sealed, and after being thoroughly
shaken, shall be delivered to the clerk
of the circuit court of Washington
county for safe keeping. .....
Sec. 5. And be u further enacted, That
the said register and clerks, and the
clerk of the circuit court shall, at
least ten days before the commence
ment of each term of the circuit or of
the criminal court, meet at the City
Hall in Washington City, and then
and there the clerk of the circuit court
shall publicly break the seal Of said
box and proceed to draw therefrom
the names of. SO many persons as are
required and if the jury about to be
drawn is intended for service in the
criminal conrt, the twenty-three per-
sons whose flames shall be first drawn
shall constitute the grand jury, and
the twcnty-six persons whose names
shall next be drawn shall constitute
the petit jury for that term: but in
a capital case where the said panel
shall have been exhausted by reason
of challenge or otherwise, the court
before whom such capital case is pen
ding may, in it's discretion, order ad
ditional names to be drawn ; and il
all of the names in the box shall have
been drawn out and no jury found
the court may order the marshall to
summon talesmen until a jury shall
be found. And if jury be required
for the circuit court, the twenty-six
person whose names shall first be
drawn shall constitute the jury for
| that term, and the names of the per
sons drawn as aforesaid shall not bt
again placed in such box for the pc
riod OF two years. If any person
whose name is so drawn shall have
died or removed from the District, oil
| has become otherwise disabled from
serving as juror, the said register
and clerks shall draw from the box
another name, who shall serve instead


and after the requisite number of ,iu'
rors shall have been so drawn, the
said box shall be again sealed and
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| court as aforesaid.


SEC. 6. ine be Il further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the Marshall of
the District of Columbia, at least five
days before the meeting of the court
for which jury is required, TO notify
each person drawn, by serving on
him a notice in writing of his selec-
ton as a Juror of the court he is to
attend, and of the day and hour he is
to appear which notice shall be Civ
en- 10 each juror in person, or be
left at his usual place of residence
a copy of which notice, with his cer-
tiGcate stating when aud in what
manner the original was served, shall
be returned by the said marshal tc
the court before the commencement
of the term for which the said jurors
were drawn.


SEC. I. And be IL further enacted, Tha,
in case of either of the officers whose
duty il is to make out the lists afore
said shall neglect or refuse TO act, ol
in case either of them shall be inter
n n
pending in the said circuit or criminal
court, the chief judge Of the circuit
court shall appoint a fit and proper
person to discharge The duty instead ;
and if the persons selected as jurors
do not attend, the court may order the
marshal to summon other respectable
tax payers, possessing the other le-
gal qualifications, to supply the def
cheney. And If at any time there
should not be, by reason Of challenge
or otherwise, a sufficient number of
jurors to make up the panel, the court
shall order the marshal to summon as
many talesmen as are necessary for
that pursose.


SIC. s. And be IL further enacted, That
no person shall be competent to act
as Juror unless he be citizen OF
the United States, a resident of the
District of Columbia, over twenty-one
and under sixty-fiye years OF age, a
good and lawful man, who has never
been convicted of felony or misde-
mcanor involving n moral turpitude.
And a person may be excused by the
court from serving on jury when,
for any reason, his interests or those
of the public will be materially in
iurcd by his attendance, or when he
is party in any action or proceeding
to be tried or determined by the inter.
vention of jury at the term foi
which he may be summoned. or where
his own health or the death or sick
ness Of member of his family re-
qures his absence.


SEC. 9. And be IL further enacted, Tha
if any officer named in the first sec
ton of this act shall put on the lis
he is required to make the name o
any person at his own request, or oi
ihe request of any other person, oI
shall be guilty of any fraud or collu
sion with respect to the drawing o
Jurors, he shall be deemed guilty ol
a misdemeanor, and shall be punished
by a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars, and imprisoned in the county
Jail not less than sixty days, Tor eaci'
and every offence. And if the clerk
Of the circuit court shall draw from
the box a greater number of names
than is required by the court, in ac-
cordance with the provisions OF this
act or shall put in said box any name
after the same has been delivered to
him AS aforesaid, or shall be guilty OF
any fraud or collusion i'll respect to
the drawing of jurors, he shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by fine Of not. Jess