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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1867
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THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 667

in said box to be taken out, or in any manner re-
moved therefrom, 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 keep-
ing 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
person 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 by the third Sec-
tion of this Act and furnished to the said Sheriff;
or from the community at large as heretofore prac-
ticed.


Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That of the forty-eight Jurors drawn
and summoned as in the third Section of this Act
directed the twenty-three names first accruing in
the order in which they were drawn, shall con-
stitute 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.

Who shall be
the Grand and
Petit Jurors.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the name of no person disqualified
or exempted by existing law from serving as a
Juror, or who, by existing law, the Sheriff is for-
bidden to summon as such, shall be selected and
placed upon the panel, or list from which the draw-
ing is to be made, as directed by this Act, nor shall
any person be drawn and summoned from, to two
Courts successively; 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

Persons dis-
qualified.



 
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