Chap. 195.—An ACT to amend and re-enact. section 3139 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended and re-enacted by act approved July 28, 1902, in relation to who
liable to serve as jurors.

Approved May 5, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three thousand one hundred and thirty-nine of the Code of Virginia.
sighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended and re-enacted by act
ipproved July twenty-cighth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled an
wt to amend and _ re- enact section three thousand one hundred and
thirtv-nine of the Code of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, in ref-
rence to who liable to serve as jurors, be amended and re-enacted so
is to read as follows:

§ 3139. Who qualified to serve as jurors.—AlIl male citizens over
wenty-one vears of age, who shall have been residents of this State
welye months and of the county, city, or town in which thev reside
hree months next preceding their being summoned to serve as such,
ind competent in other respects except as hereinafter provided, shall
‘emain and be liable to serve as Jurors: provided, that no officer, sol-
_ dier, seaman, or marine of the United States army or navy shall be

- considered a resident of this State by reason of being stationed herein,
- nor shall an inmate of any charitable institution be qualified to serve

as jurors: provided, also, that the following persons shall be excluded

: from serving as jurors: First, idiots and lunatics; second, persons
convicted of bribery, perjury, embezzlement of public funds, treason,
; felony, or petit larceny.

2. Provided, that no male citizen over sixty years of age shall

_ be compelled to serve as juror.

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