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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 85-1. 1901. 1223 court for the period of one year from the beginning of his said term of service; but nothing herein contained shall render said juror ineligible to serve during said year, except that no person shall serve as a juror for two consecutive terms. Sec. 208. If any persons selected as jurors can not be found, or shall c,,§f,‘{§§{,’,‘¢j,_*° ml "“' prove to be incom etent, or shall be excused from service by the court, ’ the clerk, under the direction of the court, shall draw from the box the names of other persons to take their places. And if, after the organization of the jury, any vacancies occur therein, they shall be filled in like manner. Sec. 209. lf at any time during the impaneling of a jury, in any -*0 ml*€g¤l¤¤”P¤¤¤L other than a capital case, the regular panel, by reason of challenge or otherwise, shall be exhausted before the jury is complete the court may, in its discretion, direct the clerk to draw from the box the names of other persons to serve as urors and cause them to be summoned, o1· order the marshal to summon as many talesmen as may be necessary to complete the jury. Sec. 210. It shall be the duty of the marshal, at least five days before asN3;;<;<= of Selective the meeting of the court for which a jury is required, to notify each J ` person drawn by serving on him a notice in writing of his selection as a juror of the court he is toattend and of the day and hour when he is to appear. Such notice shall be given to each juror in person or be left at his usual place of residence. Sec. 211. A copy of the notice, with his certificate stating when and ggqpv re ge returned in what manner the original was served, shall be returned by the mar- 8 °°u ` shal to the court before the commencement of the term for which the jurors were drawn. Sec. 212. ])EFAULTS.·-If any person selected as a juror and duly D€‘“““·“· notified to attend shall, without sufficient cause, neglect to attend agreeably to notice he shall be fined by the court in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for every day that he shall be absent during the sitting of the court. c Sec. 213. FEAU1>s—If any officer shall put on or leave off the list _;`;gEg*;,0 Omcm the name of any person at his own request or on the request of any other person, or shall be uilty of any fraud or collusion with respect to the drawing of jlurors, ie shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punis ed by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the District jail not less than sixtydays, or both, for each offense.` SEc. 214. If theclerk of the court shall willfully draw from the box ··0*<=*k of the °°¤¤- j a greater number of names than is required by the court, in accordance with the law, or shall put any name into the box after the same has been delivered to him, or shall be guilty of any fraud or collusion in regard to the drawing of jurors, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the District jail not less than sixty days, or both, for each offense. , Sec. 215. QUALIFIGATIONS.·—NO person shall be competent to act as mg¤e1i¤ee¤¤¤¤ of i¤· a juror unless he be a citizen of the United States, a. resident of the " District of Columbia, over twenty-one and under sixty-five years of age, able to read and write and to understand the English language, and a good and lawful man, who has never been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. SEo. 216. ExoUSES.—A person may be excused by the court from Excusesserving on a jury when for any reason his interests or those -of the public may be materially injured by his attendance, or when he is a party in any action or proceeding to be tried or determined by the intervention of a jury at the term for which he may be summoned, or where his own health or the death or sickness of a member of his family requires his absence. -