Sheriff re-
quired to make
return. |
the duty of the Sheriff forthwith to return the fact
of such death, disability or absence, and the said
Judge shall thereupon cause to be drawn from said
box, in the manner hereinbefore directed, other
names in the place and stead of the original draw-
ing who may be dead, disabled or absent, and shall
cause the name or names of such person or persona
so as last aforesaid drawn, to be inserted in said
venire facias to be summoned as aforesaid; and it
shall be the duty of the Sheriff to summon the
persons named in said venire facias, and make re-
turn thereof to said Court at the opening of its
Session. |
Judge to lock
or seal the box
and deposit the
same with the
Clerk. |
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That immediately after each drawing
for Jurors as directed in the preceeding Section and
for talesmen as hereinafter directed, and without
suffering the said ballots remaining in said box
to be taken out, or in any manner removed there-
from, or inspected or examined, or the said box to
be looked into, or removed from his presence by
any person whatever, the said Judge of the said
respective Courts shall close said box, and either
lock or seal the same securely, and keeping the
key or seal thereof himself, shall deposit the said
box containing the remaining ballots, with the
Clerk of the said Court, to be by him safely kept,
free from any handling or interference by any per-
son whatever, unless it be in the presence of the
said Judge and by his direction, and then only in
the manner herein directed; and if for the trial of
any cause or causes, whether civil or criminal in
the said Circuit Court, a talesman or talesmen be
required, the Judge of the said Court may order
the Sheriff to summon, such talesman or talesmen
either from a list of names that shall be drawn from
the said box containing the said ballots in the mode
and manner as directed in the third Section of this
Act, and furnished to the said Sheriff, or from the
community at large as heretofore practised. |