PRINTER'S NO. 2061
No. 1657 Session of 1971
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. MELTON AND BARBER, NOVEMBER 11, 1971
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 29, 1971
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 11, 1925 (P.L.561), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act to provide for the selection of jurors to
3 serve in the several courts, criminal and civil, of counties
4 of the second and second A class, and defining the
5 qualifications of such jurors; providing for the organization
6 of a commission for the selection of jurors in such counties,
7 and prescribing its powers and duties, and authorizing it to
8 investigate as to the qualifications of prospective jurors;
9 imposing the expense of maintaining and operating said
10 commission upon said counties, and requiring the county
11 commissioners to provide suitable quarters, equipment, and
12 supplies; authorizing the employment of the necessary clerks
13 and other employes, and providing for a salary board composed
14 of the commission, the county commissioners, and the
15 controller of said counties, to fix the number and
16 compensation of such employes; requiring county officers and
17 boards to furnish information to said commission concerning
18 taxables resident in said county as to their eligibility for
19 jury service; repealing inconsistent legislation; and
20 prescribing punishment for the violation hereof," reducing
21 certain age requirements.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Clause (a) of section 9, act of May 11, 1925
25 (P.L.561), entitled, as amended, "An act to provide for the
26 selection of jurors to serve in the several courts, criminal and
27 civil, of counties of the second and second A class, and
28 defining the qualifications of such jurors; providing for the
1 organization of a commission for the selection of jurors in such
2 counties, and prescribing its powers and duties, and authorizing
3 it to investigate as to the qualifications of prospective
4 jurors; imposing the expense of maintaining and operating said
5 commission upon said counties, and requiring the county
6 commissioners to provide suitable quarters, equipment, and
7 supplies; authorizing the employment of the necessary clerks and
8 other employes, and providing for a salary board composed of the
9 commission, the county commissioners, and the controller of said
10 counties, to fix the number and compensation of such employes;
11 requiring county officers and boards to furnish information to
12 said commission concerning taxables resident in said county as
13 to their eligibility for jury service; repealing inconsistent
14 legislation; and prescribing punishment for the violation
15 hereof," amended April 7, 1927 (P.L.172), is amended to read:
16 Section 9. After procuring the indicated number of names, as
17 in the last preceding section provided, the commission, through
18 its members or its duly authorized employes, shall ascertain
19 whether or not those whose names have been selected are
20 qualified for jury service; and such qualifications are hereby
21 defined as follows, to wit:
22 (a) He or she shall be an American citizen not less than
23 [twenty-one] eighteen years of age, taxed, and residing in the
24 respective county.
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