Chap. 1.-An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5986, 5987, 5988, 5989 and
5990 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend
and re-enact section 3142 of the Code of Virginia, relative to lists of jurors,
approved March 16, 1918. (H B23

Approved January 29, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tions fifty-nine hundred and eighty-six, fifty-nine hundred and eighty-
seven, fifty-nine hundred and eighty-eight, fifty-nine hundred and
eighty-nine and fifty-nine hundred and ninety of the Code of Virginia
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 5986. Appointment of jury commissioners.—The judge of the
circuit court of each county and city, and the judge of every city
court where juries are empaneled, shall, prior to the fifteenth day
of February in each year, appoint for the next ensuing year begin-
ning on the said fifteenth day of February, two persons as jury com-
missioners, who shall be competent to serve as jurors under the pro-
visions of this chapter, and shall be men of intelligence, morality, and
integrity. Such appointment shall be certified by the judge to the
clerk of the court for which the appointment is made, who shall enter
the same on the common law order book of such court. Every jury
commissioner shall have a fee of five dollars a day for the time
actually engaged in making out the list of jurors mentioned in section
fiftv-nine hundred and eighty-eight, to be paid out of the treasury of
the city or county for which he is appointed on the certificate of
the judge making the appointment, or in case of his death, removal,
or inability to act, on a certificate of his successor in office or of the
judge designated to hold his courts. No jury commissioner shall be
eligible to reappointment for at least two years after the expiration
of the year for which he was appointed. For the purpose of this
section, the two parts of the hustings court of the city of Richmond
shall be deemed to be separate courts.

Sec. 5987. Notification of jury commissioners; their oath_—Such
commissioners shall be immediately notified of their appointment by
the clerk, and before entering upon a discharge of their duties shall
take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the clerk of said
court in the following form: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
I will honestly, without favor or prejudice, perform the duties of jury
commissioner during the year —----——— ;; that in selecting persons
to be drawn as jurors, I will select none but persons whom I believe
to be of good repute for intelligence and honesty; that I will select
none whom I have been-requested to select, and that in all my selec-
tions I will-endeavor to promote only the impartial administration of
justice.” ;

Sec. 5988. List of jurors to be prepared by the jury commission-
ers.—Such commissioners shall, as soon as may be, not later than the
first day of March after their appointment prepare a list of such of
the inhabitants of that county or city as are well qualified to serve
as Jurors and are not excluded or exempt by sections fifty-nine hundred
and eighty-four and fifty-nine hundred and eighty-five of this Code.
The whole number of persons selected in the county or city shall not be
less than one hundred nor more than three hundred, except that for
the city of Richmond the number shall not exceed one thousand,
and for the city of Norfolk the number shall not exceed six hundred,
and for the city of Newport News 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.

Sec. 5989. Lists to be delivered to clerks, and by them safely
kept.—The list so prepared shall be delivered to the clerk of the court,
to be safely kept by him. To such list the commissioners may
from time to time, add the names of any persons liable to serve, and
strike therefrom the names of any who have become disqualified or
exempt from such service, but the number on the list shall not at
any time exceed the number prescribed by the preceding section.

Sec. 5990. Names of jurors to be written on separate ballots ;
ballots to be folded and deposited with list in a box—When such
list is made out, the commissioners shall cause all the names thereon
to be fairly written, each on a separate paper or ballot, and shall so
fold or roll up the ballots that they will resemble each other as
nearly as may be, and the names written thereon not be visible on
the outside, and shall deposit the ballots with the said list in a secure
box prepared for that purpose, and the said box shall be locked and
safely kept by the clerk of such court and opened only by the direc-
tion of the judge thereof, as hereinafter provided.

2. An act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section thirty-
one hundred and forty-two of the Code of Virginia, relative to lists
of jurors, approved March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen,
is hereby repealed.

3. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage.