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63 Stat. 103.

PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963

[77 STAT.

(c) O THE ^ COUKTS. A t least ten days before each term of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions or of the Juvenile Court of 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 examination, the names of persons to serve as petit jurors in those courts; and (2) forthwith certify to the clerk of the District Court the names of the persons so drawn. I n each drawing of jurors under this subsection, the jury commission shall draw, for service in the Court of General Sessions, such number of names as the court directs, and for service in the Juvenile Court, at least twenty-six names. Upon receipt of the certification referred to in this subsection, the clerk of the District Court shall certify the names to the Court of General Sessions or the Juvenile Court, as the case may be, for service as jurors for the ensuing term. (d) The distribution, assignment, reassignment, and attendance of petit jurors in courts of the District shall be in accordance with rules prescribed by the respective courts. § 11-2307. Substitution in case of vacancies When a person whose name is drawn from the jury box is dead or has removed from the District before being selected, or removes therefrom after being selected, or becomes otherwise disqualified or disabled, the jury commission shall destroy the slip containing his name, and shall draw from the box the name of another person to serve in his stead. § 11-2308. Disposition of box after drawing; excuse from further service When the requisite number of jurors has been drawn, the jury commission shall seal the jury box and deliver it to the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for safekeeping. Except in the case of persons who are excused from service or for other reasons fail to serve, the names of the persons drawn may not be placed again in the box for one year. § 11-2309. Filling vacancies; deficiencies in panel When persons drawn as grand or petit jurors camiot be found, or prove to be incompetent, or are excused from service by the court for which their names were drawn, the jury commission, under the order 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, vacancies occur therein, the commission shall fill them in like manner. § 11-2310. Talesmen from bystanders When sufficient petit jurors are not available, the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions and the Juvenile Court have the same powers to require the United States marshal to summon a sufficient number of talesmen from the bystanders as those vested in the District Court by section 1866(a) of Title 28, United States Code. § 11-2311. Summoning jurors When a petit jury has been drawn for the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions or the Juvenile Court, and the names of the jurors have been certified to the clerk of the court by the clerk of the District Court as provided by section 11-2306 (c), the clerk of the former court shall issue summonses for the required number of jurors and deliver them to the United States marshal for the District for service. The marshal or his deputies shall serve each summons

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