Chap. 452.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5988 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended, relating to jury lists in counties and cities, so as to limit the
frequency of jury service in certain counties. {S 220]

Approved April 2, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section fifty-nine hundred eighty-eight of the Code of
Virginia, as amended, be amended and reenacted as follows:

Section 5988. List of jurors to be prepared by the jury commis-
sioners—The commissioners shall, as soon as may be after their ap-
pointment, prepare lists of such of the inhabitants of their respective
counties or cities as are well qualified to serve as jurors and are not
excluded or exempt by sections fifty-nine hundred eighty-four and fifty-
nine hundred eighty-five of the Code. The whole number of persons
selected in any county or city shall not be less than one hundred nor
more than three hundred, except that for the city of Richmond and the
city of Norfolk the number shall not exceed one thousand for each court,
and for the corporation court for the city of Roanoke and for the
court of hustings of the city of Portsmouth the number shall not exceed
six hundred each, and in the city of Lynchburg the number for the
circuit court shall not exceed three hundred and the number for the
corporation court shall not exceed five hundred, and for each of the
cities of Danville, Newport News and Petersburg the number shall
not exceed five hundred. The same percentage of population shall be
taken from each magisterial district or ward. The inhabitants of a city,
however, which is situated in whole or in part within the bounds of a
county shall not be placed on the lists for such county; except in those
cases where the circuit court of the county and the corporation court of
the city have concurrent jurisdiction of both civil and criminal cases aris-
ing within the territorial limits of such county or city in which cases the
city shall be considered as a magisterial district, or the equivalent of a
magisterial district, of the county for the purpose of the jury list. In
any county having a density of population in excess of two thousand per
square mile, the commissioners shall not include on the jury lists here-
inabove provided for the name of any person, who has been called for
jury duty at any time during the period of one year next preceding.