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Lists to the said Registrar as hereinbefore directed , or shall otherwise
fail well and truly to do and perform all and every the Acts, Matters,
and Things, hereby required to be by him performed , such Sheriff or
other Minister, or Officer, shall be fined at the Discretion of the said
Court.
VII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That on or before Jury List to be in
the First Day of January which will be in the Year of our Lord One use for One Year.
Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-six, and on or before the First
Day of January in each and every subsequent Year, the said Sheriff
shall make out and transmit Two fresh Jury Lists in Manner and
Form as hereinbefore directed ; and all such fresh Jury Lists, when
so transmitted, shall be brought into Use the First Day of March
then next following, and shall continue to be used for One Year then
next ensuing.
VIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That whenever it Order of summoning
shall be requisite to summon a Jury, the Sheriff shall summon the Juries.
Persons whose Names shall appear on the Jury List, in the Order in
which they shall be placed ; and at the Commencement of every
Year, he shall begin with the Names in the new List next after the
Names of the Persons who were last summoned in the preceding Year.
IX. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the Sheriff Summons.
shall, before the Sitting of any Court whereat a Jury shall be necessary,
issue Summonses according to the Form in the Schedule hereunto
annexed, requiring the Attendance thereat of Eighteen good and
lawful Men qualified and liable to serve as aforesaid , and not being
of Affinity or Kin to either of the Parties to the Suit or Prosecution ;
and that every such Summons shall be personally served upon, or
left at the usual Place of Abode of, the Person summoned, Two clear
Days before the Day appointed for the Sitting of the Court.
X. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the Sheriff Panel.
shall also, at the same Time, cause to be delivered to the Registrar,
or Clerk (as the Case may be) of the said Court, a Panel containing
the Names, Places of Abode, and Additions, of the Persons so
summoned.
XI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That if any Juror, Penalty for Non-at-
tendance.
having been duly served with such Summons, shall fail to attend, or,
being present, shall not appear when called, or after Appearance
shall withdraw himself without the Permission of the Court, the said
Court shall (unless some reasonable Excuse be proved on Oath or
Affidavit, or otherwise to the Satisfaction of the Court) set upon the
Person so making Default such Fine, not exceeding, in the Case of a
Common Juror, the Sum of One Hundred Dollars, and in the Case of
a Special Juror not exceeding the Sum of Two Hundred Dollars, as
to the said Court shall seem meet.
XII. And be it further enacted and ordained , That at the Sitting Jury to be balloted
of the Court the Names of all the Jurors summoned shall be written for.
on separate Pieces of Card or Paper of equal Size and put into a Box,
and the Registrar or Clerk of the said Court shall, in open Court,
draw