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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1867
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THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 41

the order in which they were drawn, shall consti-
tute and be the Grand Jury for the ensuing term
of the said Court; and the remaining twenty-five
names next in order in the drawing, shall consti-
tute and be the Petit Jury of said ensuing term of
said Court.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the name of no person disqualified
or exempted by existing law from serving as Juror,
or who, by existing law the Sheriff is forbidden to
summon as such shall be selected and placed upon
the panel or list from which the drawing is to be
made as directed by this Act; nor shall any person
be drawn and summoned to two Courts successive-
ly, and the said Court shall have full power and
authority to coerce the attendance of Jurors drawn
and summoned under this Act and to punish by
fine or imprisonment or both) for any default or
contempt committed in disregarding such sum-
mons.

Persons dis-
qualified to act
as Jurors.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That no terms of any
of the Courts aforesaid shall be held until Juries
therefor can be selected and summoned in accor-
dance with the provisions of this Act, and in case
the terms now fixed by law tor holding the regular
terms of any of said Courts shall arrive before Juries
may be summoned in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Judges
of said Courts' to discharge the Juries which may
have been summoned by the Sheriffs of said Courts,
or any of them, without reference to this Act, and
to adjourn said term or terms for such time as may
be requisite to enable Juries to be selected and
summoned according to the provisions of this Act,

No Terms of
Court to be
hold until Ju-
ries are sum-
moned in ac-
cordance to the
provisions of
this Act.

and to direct a venire facias to issue for summon-
ing the Jurors who may be selected for such ad-
journed term or terms according to this Act, and to
fix the day on which said venire facias shall be re-
turnable, and thereupon to proceed to hold said
term or terms in the same manner and with the
same effect as if the said term or terms had been
held on the days now fixed by law, and the Grand
and Petit Juries so to be selected and summoned,
shall be taken to all intents and purposes to be the
proper and lawful Grand and Petit Juries as fully
as if the same had been selected and summoned

Venire facias
to be issued.



 
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