Chap. 246.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1 and 3 of Chap-
ter 200 of the Code of 1873, as amended by an Act approved March
27th, 1874, entitled an Act to amend and re-enact Sections 1, 2, 3, 4,
6 and 9 of the 200th Chapter of the Code of 18738, in relation to Grand
Juries,

Approved Apri] 28, 1874.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That sections c
one and three of chapter two hundred of the Code of eigh- 4
teen hundred and seventy-three, as amended by an act enti- ¢
tled an act to gmend and re-enact sections one, two, three, *
four, five and nine of the two hundredth chapter of the Code
of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to grand
juries, approved March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred
364 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.

and seventy-four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:
Grand juries ‘*§ 1. There shall be a grand jury at each regular term ot the
for terms of cit- cirouit court, and at any special term thereof; and at any term
And for corpo- Of a corporation court, upon the order of such court, or the
Union of cout? judge thereof in vacation; and authority is also hereby given
or judge to the said circuit and corporation courts, during any term,
to order the empanneling of grand juries for such term.”
Clerks to place Ҥ 3. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the corporation
fore tere court, at least five days before the terms of the corporation
grand jnries to courts designated under the first section of this act, and of
the clerk of the circuit court, at least five days before the
regular terms thereof, or on order of the judge thereof in va-
cation, ¢t any time before a special term, or upon the order
of said corporation or circuit court, at any time to place in
the hands of the officer of such court lists of the grand jurors
selected by lot, as provided in the previous section, made off
bY townships or wards, as the case may be, according to the
place of residence of the several grand Jurors, and embracing
a sufficient number of such persons to form such grand jury;
Duty of officer and it shall thereupon be the duty of such officer to summon
ipaummon —_ the person mentioned in such lists to attend on the first day
of the regular or special terms of said courts, or on the day
designated in the order of the court.”

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