Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 77.djvu/539

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PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963

(f) Each jury commissioner, when appointed, shall take an oath of office prescribed by the District Court. (g) The District Court may summarily remove a jury commissioner for: (1) absence, inability, or failure to perform his duties; or (2) misfeasance or malfeasance in office— and may appoint another person for the unexpired term. (h) If a jury commissioner is ill or otherwise unable to perform the duties of his office, or is absent from the District, the remaining two commissioners may perform the duties of the commission. § 11-2304. Record of n a m e s; j u r y b o x; custody (a) The jury commission shall: (1) make and preserve a record of the list of names of grand and petit jurors, including the names of commissioners and jurors in condemnation proceedings, for service in all the courts of the District having cognizance of jury trials and condemnation proceedings; (2) write the names oi the jurors, including the names of commissioners and jurors in condemnation proceedings, on separate and similar pieces of paper, which they shall so fold or roll that the names can not be seen, and place them in a jury box to be provided for the purpose; (3) thereupon seal the jury box, and after thoroughly shaking it, deliver it to the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for safekeeping; (4) have custody and control of the jury box; (5) keep a sealed record, in alphabetical form, of all names remaining in the jury box from time to time, and deposit the record for safekeeping in the office of the clerk of the District Court when the commission is not in session. (b) Only the commission may unseal or open the jury box, or have access to the record required by clause (5) of subsection (a) of this section. § 11-2305. Selection of j u r o r s The jury commission shall select the jurors and commissioners specified by section 11-2304, as nearly as may be, from intelligent and upright residents of the District. § 11-2306. M a n n e r of drawing (a) GRAND AND P E T I T JURORS FOR DISTRICT COURT. A t least ten days before the commencement of eiach term of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, at which jury trials are to be had, the jury commission shall: (1) publicly break the seal of the jury box and draw therefrom, by lot and without previous examination, the names of such number of persons as the court directs to serve as grand and petit jurors in the court; and (2) forthwith certify to the clerk of the court the names of the persons so drawn as jurors. I f the United States attorney for the District of Columbia certifies in writing to the chief judge of the District Court, or, in his absence, to the presiding j u d ^, 3iat the exigencies of the public service require it, the judge may, m his discretion, order an additional grand jury summoned, which shall be drawn at such time as he d e s i ^ a t e s. Unless sooner discharged by order of the chief judge, or, m his absence, the presiding judge, the additional grand jury shall serve until the end of the term in and for which it is &awn. (b) NUMBER OF NAMES I N J U R Y Box. At the time of each drawing of jurors by the jury commission, there shall be in the jury box the names of not less than six hundred qualified persons.

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