Chap. 1147.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3146 of the code of Vir-
ginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 4, 1890, entitled
an act to amend and re-enact sections 3146 and 3147, of the code of Vir-

ginia in relation to jurors.

Approved March 7, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-one hundred and forty-six of the code of Virginia, as amended
and re-enacted by an act approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and
ninety, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections thirty-one hun-
dred and forty-six and thirty-one hundred and forty-seven of the code
of Virginia in relation to jurors, be amended and re-enacted so as to
make section thirty-one hundred and forty-six of the code of Virginia
o read as follows:

$3146. The clerk of every county, circuit, and corporation or hust-
mes court, and of the law and equity court of the citv of Richmond,
and of the court of law and chancery of the citv of Norfolk, shall. at

vast ten davs before any term of a court at which a jurv may be neces-
ary, to he designated by the judge thereof, proceed to draw their jury
v lot in the following manner, in the presence of the judge of such
court, if convenient for him to be present, and in the presence of the
ommonwealth’s attorney or a commissioner in chancery of the circuit
court of the county or corporation, who shall be present, the said cam-
Nissioner mM chancery to be designated bv the judge of the cireuit
ourt, and entered of record: and. provided further, that in corporations
vhere there is no circuit court, the judge of the corporation court shall
lesienate said commissioner in chancery as above provided, excent that
n the city of Richmond the judge of each court established therein,
shall designate some commissioner in chancery who shall perform the
duties herein prescribed for his court, and the judge of the law anc
chancery ceurt for the city of Norfolk shall designate such commis:
sioner in chancery for his court. In the event of the absence, for goo¢
cause, of the commonwealth’s attorney or the said commissioner Ir
chancery, or both of them, the clerk shall call upon one or two citizens
as the case may be, to witness the drawing of the ballots from the
jury box. The clerk of each court shall vive reasonable notice in
writing to the commonwealth’s attorney and said commissioner in
chancery of the time and place where the jurv is to be drawn, and
shall openly draw from said jury box, in the clerk’s office.

After shaking and mixing together the ballots in said box, twelve
ballots (without inspecting the names written on anv until the proper
number is drawn) shall be drawn by the clerk, and he shall forthwith
issue and deliver a writ of venire facias to the proper officer of the
county or corporation requiring him to summon the persons thus drawn,
whose names shall be stated in the writ, together with the day of the
term and the court at which their attendance is required; and it shall
be the duty of the officer, at least three davs before the time of such
attendance to summon each person who is drawn to attend the court
at the time and place mentioned in the writ, and to make due return
thereof at the opening of such court. If any person whose name is so
drawn js unable, by reason of sickness, absence from home, or other
cause, to attend as a juror, his name shall be returned to the box, or
if he is exempt by law or his name has been struck from the jury list,
the hallot shall be destroved and another juror shall be drawn in his
stead.

All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby
repealed,