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knows, the reason why such person could not be found and sum-
moned.

(f)  Selection of substitute jurors.

Upon the return of any juror as not summoned, or whenever a
summoned juror shall be excused by the judge for any reason, the
presiding judge, or one of the other judges, shall cause to be drawn
from the largest compartment in the drawer, (from which the name
of the person not summoned, or the person summoned and excused,
was originally drawn), another juror in the place and stead of the
one returned not summoned or excused, as the case may be, where-
upon a supplemental venire facias shall issue and the substituted
juror named therein shall be summoned pursuant to the provisions
of Sub-section (c) of this section; and the numbered marble corres-
ponding to the juror not summoned or excused shall be placed in a
sealed envelope, with such notation, if any, as the judge shall make
thereon, in the smallest compartment of said drawer.

(g)  Return of venire facias.

The sheriff shall summons all jurors named in the original or a
supplemental venire facias as soon as practicable, and shall make
his final return by not later than the Friday before the first Monday
of the ensuing jury term of court.

(h) Juror not to be drawn twice in succession.

No person shall be drawn as a juror and summoned to two suc-
cessive JURY terms of court, and any person so drawn and summoned
shall be excused by the judge for cause.

252.    (a) Selection of grand jury.

On the first day of each jury term of court the judge or judges
present shall designate one person from the panel of 48 jurors drawn
to be the foreman of the grand jury, whereupon the clerk of court
shall proceed, in the presence of the court, to draw from the medium
size compartments of the several drawers in the jury box, beginning
with drawer No. 1, and so on successively, the other twenty-two mem-
bers of the grand jury as follows: 3 from the first district; 3 from
the second district; 6 from the third district; 3 from the fourth dis-
trict; 5 from the fifth district; 1 from the sixth district; and 2 from
the seventh district, provided, however, that the foreman shall con-
stitute and be counted as one in the apportionment for the election
district in which he shall reside, to serve until the first day of the
ensuing jury term unless a new grand jury shall be drawn in the
interim pursuant to law.

(b) Petit jury.

The remaining twenty-five jurors shall constitute the petit jury
for said term, to serve until the first day of the ensuing term unless
a new petit jury shall be drawn in the interim pursuant to law.

253.   (a) Vacancy in foremanship of grand jury.

Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the foremanship of the grand
jury, either permanently or temporarily, because of death, illness,
absence, or any other cause, the court shall have power to appoint
some other member of the grand jury as foreman for as long a time
and as often as the necessity for such appointment shall occur.