Chap. 126.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 2 of an Act entitled
an Act to Amend and Re-enact Chapter 206 of the Code of Virginia (edi-
tion of 1860), as to Grand Juries, Approved November 5, 1870.

Appreved March 15, 1871.

1, Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That see-
tion two of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter
two hundred and six of the Code of Virginia (edition of eighteen
hundred and sixty),as to grand juries, approved November fifth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:

Ҥ 2. It shall be the duty of the judge of the county or cor-
poration court of each county and city of the state, in the
month of January in each year, or as soon thereafter as practi-
cable, to select from the qualified voters of each township of
such county, or ward of such city, not less than twenty nor
more than one hundred persons, of honesty, intelligence, and
good demeanor, and suitable in all respects to act as grand ju-
rors, and to furnish the clerk of such court with a list of the
persons so selected, made off by townships or wards, as the
case may be. It shall be the duty of the clerk of such court
thereupon to write the names of each of such persons on sepa-
rate slips of paper, placing the names of the residents of each
township or ward together, and from these, in the presence of
the attorney for the commonwealth, and if he be unable to at-
tend, then in the presence of the judge of such court, or a com-
missioner in chancery thereof, to select by lot, as many persons
as may be necessary for the formation of grand juries of such
county, city, or town; and in drawing such persons to serve
as grand jurors, an equal number, as near as may be, and having
reference to the populations of the several townships or wards,
shall be drawn from the lists from each township or ward.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.