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!. <br /> <br /> <br />yf-=FX <br />~. <br />~, <br />~:~~. <br />ART. 1. JURY COMMISSIONS, ETC_ <br />Chapter 9.. <br />Jurors. <br />Sec. <br />9.1. Jury crommission is each county; <br />membership; selection; <br />oath; terms. <br />9-2. Preparation of jury Iist; sources of <br />names. <br />9-2~1. Alternate procedure in certain <br />counties. <br />9-3. Qualifications of prospective ju- <br />rors. <br />9-4. Preparation- and custody of list. <br />9-5. Procedure for drawing panel of ju- <br />rors; numbers drawn. <br />9~. Jury service a public duty; excuses <br />to be allowed in exceptional <br />cases; procedure. <br />9-6.1. Excuses on account of age. <br />9-7. Removal of names of jurors who <br />have served from jury list; <br />retention. <br />9-8, 9-9. [Repealed.) <br />Article 2. <br />Petit Jurors. <br />9-10. Summons to jurors. <br />G <br />§ 9-1 <br />sec. - :. <br />9-11. "Supplemental jurors; special .ve- <br />.afire. . <br />9-12. Supplemental jurors from other <br />counties. <br />9-13. Penalty for disobeying summons, <br />-9-14 Jury sworn; judge decides compe- <br />tency. <br />9-15. Questioning jurors without chal- <br />lenge; challenges for cause. <br />9-16. Exemption from civil arrest. <br />9-17.. Jurors impaneled to try case fur- - <br />niched with acxommoda- <br />lions; separation of jurors. <br />9-18. Alternate jurors. <br />Article 3. <br />Peremptory Challenges. <br />9-19. Peremptory challenges in civil <br />cases. <br />9-20. Civil cases ha_viag several defen- <br />daats• challenges appor- <br />tioned;-discretion of judge. <br />9-21. Peremptory challenges in rrim;nat <br />cases governed by Chapter <br />15A, <br />Article 4. <br />-- Grand Jurors. . <br />9-22 to 9-31. [Repealed.] <br />ARTICLE Z. <br />Jury Commissions, Preparation of Jury <br />Lists, and Drawing of Panels. <br />• <br />§ 9-1. Jury commission in each county; member- <br />ship; selection; oath; terms. <br />Not Inter than July 1, 1967, there shall be appointed. in each <br />county a jury commission of three members. One. member of the <br />commission shall be appointed by the senior regular resident suDE- <br />rior court fudge, one member by the clerk of su erior court, and one <br />member by the board of county commissioners. a appointees <br />shall be qualified voters of the count'y~git serve for terms of <br />two years. Appointees may be reappointed to successive terms. A <br />vacancy in the commission shall be filled in the same manner as <br />the original appointment, for the unexpired term. Each commis- <br />sioner shall take an oath or aeration that, without favor or prej- <br />udice, he will honestly perform the duties of a member of the jury <br />commission during his term of service. The com ensation of com- <br />missioners shall be fixed by the board of ounty comm,~cloners, an <br />1 <br />